page_title: Cusp (anatomy)
hierarchical_section_title: Cusp (anatomy)
caption_attribution_description: English: Cusp tips example
context_page_description: A cusp is a pointed, projecting, or elevated feature. In animals, it is usually used to refer to raised points on the crowns of teeth. The concept is also used with regard to the valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle in the human heart. This valve is closed during ventricular contraction by the tricuspid valve, so named because it usually consists of three cusps or leaflets.
context_section_description: A cusp is a pointed, projecting, or elevated feature. In animals, it is usually used to refer to raised points on the crowns of teeth. The concept is also used with regard to the valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle in the human heart. This valve is closed during ventricular contraction by the tricuspid valve, so named because it usually consists of three cusps or leaflets.
caption: The teeth of the right side of the mouth, shown contacting the teeth in the opposing jaw with their cusp tips.
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