Crista galli

Crista galli
Bone: Crista galli
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Ethmoid bone from above.
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Ethmoid bone from behind.
Gray's subject #36 153

The crista galli (Latin: "crest of the cock") is a median ridge of bone that projects from the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone.

It is where the falx cerebri attaches anteriorly to the skull.

The olfactory bulbs lie on either side of the crista galli on top of the cribriform plate.

Additional images

  • Ethmoid bone from the right side.

  • Lateral wall of nasal cavity, showing ethmoid bone in position.

  • Left orbicularis oculi, seen from behind.

  • Human brain dura mater (reflections)

External links

v · d · eBones of head and neck: the neurocranium of the skull (TA A02.1.01–07, GA 2.129–155)
Occipital
Other
Parietal
Frontal
Ethmoidal notch · Fossa for lacrimal gland · Trochlear fovea · Frontal sinus · Frontonasal duct
Temporal
Sphenoid
Surfaces
fossae (Pterygoid, Scaphoid) · pterygoid plates (Lateral, Medial) · Pterygoid canal · Hamulus
Other
Ethmoid
Plates
Surfaces
Ethmoid sinus · ethmoidal foramina (Posterior, Anterior)

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