crista

American  

[kris-tuh] / ˈkrɪs tə /

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

plural

cristae

1. a crest or ridge.

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crista British  

/ ˈkrɪstə /

noun

1. biology a structure resembling a ridge or crest, such as that formed by folding of the inner membrane of a mitochondrion

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crista Scientific  

/ krĭs′tə /

plural

cristae

1. Any of the folds of the inner membrane of a mitochondrion.

2. See more at mitochondrion

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Etymology

Origin of crista

1840–50; < Latin: a crest, tuft, comb

Example Sentences

It is divided at the midline by the crista galli and cribriform plates of the ethmoid bone.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

It has an upward projection, the crista galli, and a downward projection, the perpendicular plate, which forms the upper nasal septum.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

A small area of the ethmoid bone, consisting of the crista galli and cribriform plates, is located at the midline of this fossa.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Located in the floor of the anterior cranial fossa at the midline is a portion of the ethmoid bone, consisting of the upward projecting crista galli and to either side of this, the cribriform plates.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The crista parotica is visible dorsally along the lateral edge of the bony proötic.

From The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America by león, Juan R.