Crista galli

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Crista galli
Ethmoid bone from above.
Ethmoid bone from behind.
Latin Crista galli
Gray's p.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.

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