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| Sphenoid bone. The sphenoid bone (from Greek sphenoeides, "wedgelike" is a Bone situated at the base of the Skull in front of the Temporals and basilar Upper surface. (Fossa hypophyseos visible at center. ) | |
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| Base of the skull. Upper surface. (Sphenoid bone is yellow, and fossa hypophysseos is visible at center of sphenoid. The sphenoid bone (from Greek sphenoeides, "wedgelike" is a Bone situated at the base of the Skull in front of the Temporals and basilar ) | |
| Latin | fossa hypophysialis |
| Gray's | subject #35 147 |
| Dorlands / Elsevier |
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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). Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Introduction ( classes Long bones body or Diaphysis Medullary canal Elsevier, the world's largest Publisher of Medical and Scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group 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 superior surface of the body of the Sphenoid bone is bounded behind by a ridge which forms the anterior border of a narrow transverse groove the chiasmatic groove ( In the Sphenoid bone, behind the Chiasmatic groove is an elevation the tuberculum sellæ (or the tubercle of Sella turcica) The Sella turcica (literally Turkish saddle is a saddle-shaped depression in the Sphenoid bone at the base of the Human Skull. The pituitary gland, or hypophysis, is an Endocrine gland about the size of a Pea.
External links
- Diagram at uni-mainz.d
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 34257.000-2
- SUNY Labs 28:14-0102 - "Cranial Fossae: Diaphragma Sellae"
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