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The sella turcica (Latin for Turkish seat) is a saddle-shaped depression in the body of the sphenoid bone of the human skull and of the skulls of other hominids including chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. It serves as a cephalometric landmark. The pituitary gland or hypophysis is located within the most inferior aspect of the sella turcica, the hypophyseal fossa.
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Names
- Latin
- Sella turcica
- English
- Sella turcica
- French
- Selle turcique
- Spanish
- Silla turca
- Portuguese
- Sela turcica