Crista galli | |
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Details | |
Part of | Perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone |
System | Skeletal |
Identifiers | |
Latin | crista galli |
TA98 | A02.1.07.004 |
TA2 | 724 |
FMA | 57442 |
Anatomical terms of bone |
The crista galli (Latin: "crest of the rooster") is a wedge-shaped, vertical, midline upward continuation of the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone of the skull,[1] projecting above the cribriform plate[2] into the cranial cavity. It serves as an attachment for the membranes surrounding the brain.[1]