Tuberculum sellae | |
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Identifiers | |
TA98 | A02.1.05.007 |
TA2 | 590 |
FMA | 54719 |
Anatomical terminology |
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
Tuberculum sellae | |
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Identifiers | |
TA98 | A02.1.05.007 |
TA2 | 590 |
FMA | 54719 |
Anatomical terminology |
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