Hypophysial fossa

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"