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crista galli

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crista /cris·ta/ (kris´tah) pl. cris´tae   [L.] crest.
cris´tae cu´tis  dermal ridges; ridges of the skin produced by the projecting papillae of the dermis on the palm of the hand or sole of the foot, producing a fingerprint or footprint characteristic of the individual.
crista gal´li  a thick, triangular process projecting superiorly from the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone.
mitochondrial cristae  numerous narrow transverse infoldings of the inner membrane of a mitochondrion.

crista gal·li (gl)
n.
The triangular midline process of the ethmoid bone extending upward from the cribriform plate and giving attachment to the falx cerebri.

crista galli,
a prominent wedge of bone projecting superiorly from the ethmoid.


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It can also demonstrate a fluid-filled cyst, soft-tissue mass, distortion of the crista galli, and enlargement of the foramen cecum.
The artery then enters the anterior cranial fossa, gives off meningeal branches, and turns downward into the nasal cavity through the slit-like apertures at the side of the crista galli.
Findings that suggest intracranial involvement are an enlarged foramen cecum or bifid crista galli.
 
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