fibrous ring of mitral valve

Definition

The fibrous ring of the mitral valve that attaches the cusps of mitral valve to the heart, and which consists of portions of the fibrous scallops of the anterior and posterior cusps.

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Parts in this atlas

• anterior leaflet of mitral valve
• right posterior cusp of aortic valve
• left posterior cusp of aortic valve

Neighbouring structures

• anterior leaflet of mitral valve
• posterior leaflet of mitral valve

Identifiers

FMA

9498

UBERON

0005995

Wikidata

Q66504943