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vertical crest (pair)

Identification
Official Latin term crista verticalis (par)
Official term vertical crest (pair)
Unit identifier TAH:U7294
Unit type pair
Materiality material
Navigation
Link to the unit vertical crest (pair)
Links of entity generic: vertical crest
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
External links TA98 FMA PubMed
Partonomic links Level 2: vestibulocochlear organ (pair) Short Extended
Level 3: internal ear (pair) Short Extended
Level 4: fundus of internal acoustic meatus (pair)
Taxonomic links Level 2: zone of organ Short Extended
Level 3: zone of bone
Level 4: zone of flat bone
Subsidiary language with Latin
Non Latin primary language
Notes
In ENT Surgery, the Crista verticalis is known as 'Bill's bar' (after William House). It separates the Superior portion of the meatus into an anterior channel for the Facial nerve and a posterior channel for the Superior vestibular nerve.
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
human body
TAH:U6876
sensory organs XOS
TAH:U7101
vestibulocochlear organ (pair) UOX
TAH:U7247
internal ear (pair) UOU
TAH:U7249
bony labyrinth (pair) UOU
TAH:U7291
fundus of internal acoustic meatus (pair) UOU
TAH:U7294 vertical crest (pair) UOU
Taxonomy
Date: 25.06.2025