If the Mitral Valve failed in a patient, would the blood flow back into the Right Ventricle?    Question 6 options:   Only if the pulmonary semilunar valves also fail   Only if the aortic semilunar valves also fail    No, because the flow would be stopped by the bicuspid valve    No, because blood can only flow forward, never in the reverse direction.

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If the Mitral Valve failed in a patient, would the blood flow back into the Right Ventricle? 

 

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Only if the pulmonary semilunar valves also fail

 

Only if the aortic semilunar valves also fail 

 

No, because the flow would be stopped by the bicuspid valve 

 

No, because blood can only flow forward, never in the reverse direction.  

 
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