"The valve has anterior, posterior and septal leaflets (cusps), the bases of which attach around the AV orifice to the fibrous ring (fibrous skeleton of the heart). The chordae tendineae are thin strong inelastic fibrous cords that extend from the free edge of the cusps to the apices of the papillary muscles within the right ventricle:"
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"Related pathology"
"The valve has anterior, posterior and septal leaflets (cusps), the bases of which attach around the AV orifice to the fibrous ring (fibrous skeleton of the heart). The chordae tendineae are thin strong inelastic fibrous cords that extend from the free edge of the cusps to the apices of the papillary muscles within the right ventricle:"