The three pockets are filled by backflowing blood and pressed towards the heart, causing them to lie against each other and function as a valve. The blood cannot flow back into the heart, whose pressure drops in the [[Diastole]] and is then lower than that of the aorta.
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The three pockets are filled by backflowing blood and pressed towards the heart, causing them to lie against each other and function as a valve. The blood cannot flow back into the heart, whose pressure drops in the [[Diastole/en|Diastole]] and is then lower than that of the aorta.
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The three pockets are filled by backflowing blood and pressed towards the heart, causing them to lie against each other and function as a valve. The blood cannot flow back into the heart, whose pressure drops in the Diastole and is then lower than that of the aorta.