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sella turcica (hypophyseal fossa)
A saddle-like bony process on the upper surface of the body of the sphenoid bone.
With its dural covering it forms the hypophyseal fossa that accomodates the pituitary gland.
The sella turcica includes the tuberculum sellae anteriorly & the dorsum sellae posteriorly & the hypophyseal fossa.
Related
pituitary (hypophysis)
General
bony process
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Component-of
sphenoid bone
Components
dorsum sellae
tuberculum sellae
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