| Tuberculum sellae | |
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Sphenoid bone. Upper surface. (Tuberculum sellae visible at center.)
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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.)
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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 Amiddle clinoid process flanks the tuberculum sellae on either side.[2]: 509
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Neurocranium of the skull
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