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Crista vs Pecten - What's the difference?

crista | pecten |

As nouns the difference between crista and pecten

is that crista is the internal compartments formed by the inner membrane of a mitochondrion, where many chemical reactions take place while pecten is the bones in the hand between the wrist and the fingers.

crista

English

Noun

  • The internal compartments formed by the inner membrane of a mitochondrion, where many chemical reactions take place.

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    pecten

    English

    (wikipedia pecten) (wikispecies)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy, obsolete) The bones in the hand between the wrist and the fingers.
  • (anatomy) The pubic bone.
  • (zoology) One of the genus Pecten of scallops.
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