Hypophysial fossa
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Template:Infobox Bone Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
In the sphenoid bone, behind the chiasmatic groove is an elevation, the tuberculum sellae; and still more posteriorly, a deep depression, the sella turcica, the deepest part of which lodges the hypophysis cerebri and is known as the fossa hypophyseos (or fossa hypophysialis).
External links
- Diagram at uni-mainz.d
- Template:RocheLexicon
- Template:SUNYAnatomyLabs - "Cranial Fossae: Diaphragma Sellae"