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.) | |
| Identifiers | |
| TA98 | A02.1.05.007 |
| TA2 | 590 |
| FMA | 54719 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The tuberculum sellae (or the tubercle of the sella turcica) is a part of the sphenoid bone that is an elevation behind the chiasmatic groove. 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
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