Heart sounds are produced from a specific cardiac event such as closure of a valve or tensing of a chordae tendineae. Many pathologic cardiac conditions can be diagnosed by auscultation of the ...

chordae tendineae and 5) papillary muscles. The typical normal adult mitral valve area is between 4 and 5 cm 2. (Hurst’s The Heart;Chapter 50, 12a.) This area allows the normal stroke volume to ...