VALVE OF THE FORAMEN OVALE
\vˈalv ɒvðə fˈɔːɹe͡ɪmˌɛn ˈə͡ʊve͡ɪl], \vˈalv ɒvðə fˈɔːɹeɪmˌɛn ˈəʊveɪl], \v_ˈa_l_v ɒ_v_ð_ə f_ˈɔː_ɹ_eɪ_m_ˌɛ_n ˈəʊ_v_eɪ_l]\
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A thin crescentic valvular fold, situated a little to the left of the foramen, in the embryonic heart, growing forward from the posterior wall of the auricles and projecting into the left auricle. Its office is to prevent the regurgitation of blood from the left auricle into the right one.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
