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Definitions of crista in various dictionaries:
A crest or ridge, as on the top of a bone.
One of the inward projections or folds of the inner membrane of a mitochondrion.
noun - a part of a cell
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| Sep 15 2001 The Times - Cryptic |
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| a Latin word meaning "crest" ( the highest part of something) or "ridge" ( a long, narrow raised part), used in medical names and descriptions |
| Anatomy A crest or ridge, as on the top of a bone. |
| Biology One of the inward projections or folds of the inner membrane of a mitochondrion. |
| A ridge or crest. |
| Each of the partial partitions in a mitochondrion formed by infolding of the inner membrane. |
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A crista (; plural cristae) is a fold in the inner membrane of a mitochondrion. The name is from the Latin for crest or plume, and it gives the inner membrane its characteristic wrinkled shape, providing a large amount of surface area for chemical reactions to occur on. This aids aerobic cellular respiration, because the mitochondrion requires oxygen. Cristae are studded with proteins, including ATP synthase and a variety of cytochromes. * With the discovery of the dual-membrane nature of mitochondria, the pioneers of mitochondrial ultrastructural research proposed different models for the organization of the mitochondrial inner membrane. Three models proposed were:* Baffle model According to Palade, the mitochondrial inner membrane is convoluted in a baffle-like manner with broad openings towards the intra-cristal space. This model entered most textbooks and was widely believed for a long time. * Septa model Sjöstrand suggested that sheets of inner membrane are spanned like septa (plura |