View source for Hypophysial fossa

{{Infobox Bone |
  Name         = {{PAGENAME}} |
  Latin        = fossa hypophysialis |
  GraySubject  = 35 |
  GrayPage     = 147 |
  Image        = Gray145.png |
  Caption      = [[Sphenoid bone]]. Upper surface. (Fossa hypophyseos visible at center.) |
  Image2       = Gray193.png |
  Caption2     = Base of the [[skull]]. Upper surface. ([[Sphenoid bone]] is yellow, and fossa hypophysseos is visible at center of sphenoid.) |
  System       = |
  MeshName     = |
  MeshNumber   = |
  DorlandsPre  = f_14 |
  DorlandsSuf  = 12376015  |
}}
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==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==
* [http://www.uni-mainz.de/FB/Medizin/Anatomie/makro1/s108o.htm Diagram at uni-mainz.d]
* {{RocheLexicon|34257.000-2}}
* {{SUNYAnatomyLabs|28|14|01|02}} - "Cranial Fossae: Diaphragma Sellae"

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