crista /cris·ta/ (kris´tah) pl. cris´tae [L.] crest.
crista galli,
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 (g l   )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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