Pulmonary valve

Pulmonary valve
Pulmonary valve
	Anterior (frontal) view of the opened heart. White arrows indicate normal blood flow.
	Heart seen from above.
Details
Identifiers
Latin	valva trunci pulmonalis
MeSH	D011664
TA98	A12.1.02.010
TA2	4008
FMA	7246
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The pulmonary valve (sometimes referred to as the pulmonic valve) is the semilunar valve of the heart that lies between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery and has three cusps. Similar to the aortic valve, the pulmonary valve opens in ventricular systole, when the pressure in the right ventricle rises above the pressure in the pulmonary artery. At the end of ventricular systole, when the pressure in the right ventricle falls rapidly, the pressure in the pulmonary artery will close the pulmonary valve.

The closure of the pulmonary valve contributes the P2 component of the second heart sound (S2). The right heart is a low-pressure system, so the P2 component of the second heart sound is usually softer than the A2 component of the second heart sound. However, it is physiologically normal in some young people to hear both components separated during inhalation.

Additional images

Interior of right side of heart.
Front of thorax, showing surface relations of bones, lungs (purple), pleura (blue), and heart (red outline). Heart valves are labeled with "B", "T", "A", and "P".
Pulmonary valves
Pulmonary valves