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  2. Sella turcica - Wikipedia

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    The sella turcica is located in the sphenoid bone behind the chiasmatic groove and the tuberculum sellae.It belongs to the middle cranial fossa. [1]The sella turcica's most inferior portion is known as the hypophyseal fossa (the "seat of the saddle"), and contains the pituitary gland (hypophysis).

  3. Tuberculum sellae - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Sphenoid bone - Wikipedia

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    a median portion, known as the body of sphenoid bone, containing the sella turcica, which houses the pituitary gland as well as the paired paranasal sinuses, the sphenoidal sinuses [5] two greater wings on the lateral side of the body and two lesser wings from the anterior side.

  5. Base of skull - Wikipedia

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    Base of skull - sella turcica. The anterior, middle and posterior cranial fossa in different colors This page was last edited on 16 August 2024, at 19:24 ...

  6. Middle cranial fossa - Wikipedia

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    On either side of the sella turcica is the carotid groove, which is broad, shallow, and curved somewhat like the italic letter f. It begins behind at the foramen lacerum , and ends on the medial side of the anterior clinoid process, where it is sometimes converted into a foramen (carotico-clinoid) by the union of the anterior with the middle ...

  7. Empty sella syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Empty sella syndrome is the condition when the pituitary gland shrinks or becomes flattened, filling the sella turcica with cerebrospinal fluid instead of the normal pituitary. [2] It can be discovered as part of the diagnostic workup of pituitary disorders, or as an incidental finding when imaging the brain.

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  9. Pituitary gland - Wikipedia

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    It sits in a protective bony enclosure called the sella turcica, covered by the dural fold diaphragma sellae. [4] The pituitary gland is composed of the anterior pituitary, the posterior pituitary, and an intermediate lobe that joins them. [5] The intermediate lobe is avascular and almost absent in humans. In many animals, these three lobes are ...