Transverse crest
Crista transversa
Definition
The fundus of internal acoustic meatus is closed by a vertical plate, which is divided by a horizontal crest, the transverse crest (falcifom crest, crista falciformis), into two unequal portions.
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
