Tuberculum sellae
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| Tuberculum sellae | |
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Sphenoid bone. Upper surface. (Tuberculum sellae visible at center.)
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Base of the skull. Upper surface. (Sphenoid bone visible in yellow, the tuberculum sellae is labeled at the right, fourth from the top of the yellow section.)
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| Anatomical terminology
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In the sphenoid bone, behind the chiasmatic groove is an elevation, the tuberculum sellae (or the tubercle of sella turcica). A variable slight to prominent median elevation forming the posterior boundary of the chiasmatic groove and the anterior boundary of the hypophysial fossa.
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Tuberculum sellae
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
- Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-2 at Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, Elsevier
- Diagram at uni-mainz.de
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