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| Tentorium cerebelli seen from above. The tentorium cerebelli or cerebellar tentorium ( Latin: "tent of the Cerebellum " is an extension of the Dura mater that separates (Diaphragma sellae labeled at upper left. ) | |
| Gray's | subject #189 814 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | d_15/12293533 |
The pituitary gland is attached to the end of the infundibulum, and is situated in the fossa hypophyseos of the sphenoidal bone, where it is retained by a circular fold of dura mater, the diaphragma sellae; this fold almost completely roofs in the fossa, leaving only a small central aperture through which the infundibulum passes. This is a list of the subjects in Gray's Anatomy: IX Neurology Elsevier, the world's largest Publisher of Medical and Scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group The pituitary gland, or hypophysis, is an Endocrine gland about the size of a Pea. 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 sphenoid bone (from Greek sphenoeides, "wedgelike" is a Bone situated at the base of the Skull in front of the Temporals and basilar The dura mater (from the Latin "hard mother" or pachymeninx, is the tough and inflexible outermost of the three layers of the Meninges surrounding the
Additional images
 Dura mater and its processes exposed by removing part of the right half of the skull, and the brain. |
_description.JPG/120px-Human_brain_dura_mater_(reflections)_description.JPG) Human brain dura mater (reflections) |
External links
- SUNY Labs 28:14-0101 - "Cranial Fossae: Diaphragma Sellae"
- Diaphragma+sellae at eMedicine Dictionary
- Imaging at wfns.org
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