Landmark · Skeletal system
Tuberculum sellae
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Head
- Landmark on
- Sphenoid bone
DescriptionUnreviewed
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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Names
- Latin
- Tuberculum sellae
- English
- Tuberculum sellae
- French
- Tubercule de la selle
- Spanish
- Tubérculo de la silla
- Portuguese
- Tubérculo selar