Ukulele Festival Hawaii. This annual Waikiki festival honors Hawaii's beloved musical instrument. Photo: Tina Mahina. Photo: Tina Mahina. The ukulele is Hawaiiâs best-loved musical instrument, so it makes sense that Ukulele Festival Hawaii is the worldâs largest, attracting enthusiasts from as far away as Italy and Thailand.
atrioventricular (AV) valve, a valve in the heart through which blood flows from the atria to the ventricles. The valve between the left atrium and left ventricle is the mitral (bicuspid) valve; the right AV valve is the tricuspid valve. 1  Facebook. 2  Twitter.
Blood passes through a valve before leaving each chamber of the heart. The valves prevent the backward flow of blood. Valves are actually flaps (leaflets) that act as one-way inlets for blood coming into a ventricle and one-way outlets for blood leaving a ventricle. Normal valves have 3 flaps (leaflets), except the mitral valve, which only has 2 flaps. The 4 heart valves include: