This is the ridge formed at the raised medial margin of the horizontal plate. When combined with the similar ridge from the opposite palatine bone the resulting crest forms the articular junction with the inferior border of the vomer.

The term nasal comes from the Latin nasus that arises from the Sanskrit term nasa, both meaning nose. Crest is a term applied to a ridge of bone. The Latin term used for this is crista.

Crista nasalis laminae horizontalis ossis palatini