Tuberculum sellae
Tuberculum sellae | |
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Sphenoid bone. Upper surface. (Tuberculum sellae visible at center.) | |
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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TA98 | A02.1.05.007 |
TA2 | 590 |
FMA | 54719 |
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata] |
The tuberculum sellae (or the tubercle of the sella turcica) is a slight[1] median elevation upon the superior aspect of the body of sphenoid bone (that forms the floor of the middle cranial fossa[2]: 508-509 ) at the anterior boundary of the sella turcica (hypophyseal (pituitary) fossa)[2]: 509 and posterior boundary of the chiasmatic groove.[3][2]: 509 A middle clinoid process flanks the tuberculum sellae on either side.[2]: 509
Additional images
- Tuberculum sellae
References
External links
- "Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-2". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2013-06-22.
- Diagram at uni-mainz.de
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