Letter B

Bicuspid

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Having two flaps or cusps.

The heart valve that is called the bicuspid valve is located between the left atrium and left ventricle.

Although the aortic valve in the heart normally is tricuspid (with three cusps), it may sometimes be bicuspid.

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