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Where is the master gland of the body?
The pituitary gland is also known as the "master gland". It is housed in hypophyseal fossa, a depression in the sphenoid bone which is found in the skull.
Where can a Pituitary gland tumor be located?
The pituitary gland, or hypophysis, is an endocrine gland about the size of a pea and weighing 0.5 g (0.02 oz.). It is a protrusion off the bottom of the hypothalamus at the base of the brain, and rests in a small, bony cavity (sella turcica) covered by a dural fold (diaphragma sellae). The pituitary fossa, in which the pituitary gland sits, is situated in the sphenoid bone in the middle cranial fossa at the base of the brain.
What endocrine structure lies in the sella turcica of the sphenoid?
its the pituitary gland.
Where does the pituitary gland sit?
Pituitary gland sits just below the hypothalamus over sella turcica at the base of skull.
What bones would most likely be involved in surgery to remove a tumor on the pituitary gland?
SphenoidThe sella turcica of the sphenoid bone surrounds the pituitary gland
What part of the brain sits in the sella turcica?
contains the pituitary glandThe Sella Turcica is located on the superior surface of the Sphenoid Bone. The saddle shaped prominence is called the sella turcica. The seat of the saddle is called the hypophyseal fossa which forms the enclosure for the pituitary gland.
What organ is located in the hypophyseal fossa of the sphenoid bone?
pituitary gland
Which bone serves as an enclosure for the pituitary gland?
Sphenoid Bone. Along the midline within the cranial cavity, a portion of the sphenoid bone indents to form the "saddle-shaped" Sella Turcica. The pituitary gland occupies this depression. The Sphenoid bone also contains two sphenoidal sinuses.
Where is the master gland of the body?
The pituitary gland is also known as the "master gland". It is housed in hypophyseal fossa, a depression in the sphenoid bone which is found in the skull.
What encloses the pituitary gland?
the sella turcica
Where can a Pituitary gland tumor be located?
The pituitary gland, or hypophysis, is an endocrine gland about the size of a pea and weighing 0.5 g (0.02 oz.). It is a protrusion off the bottom of the hypothalamus at the base of the brain, and rests in a small, bony cavity (sella turcica) covered by a dural fold (diaphragma sellae). The pituitary fossa, in which the pituitary gland sits, is situated in the sphenoid bone in the middle cranial fossa at the base of the brain.
What is the function of the sella turcica?
You have the very important gland that is placed in the Sella tursica or pituitary fossa. That is pituitary gland. This depression in present in spenoid bone. The Sella tursica is covered by inner layer of the dura matter except for a small opening meant for pituitary stalk.
What structure houses the pituitary gland?
sella turcica
What is the hypothalamic-hypophyseal tract?
Basically, the hypothalamic-hypophyseal tract is the axon connection that connects the posterior pituitary gland to the hypothalamus
The sella turcica is part of what bone?
The Sella turcica is found on the surface of the sphenoid bone, at the base of the skull. It's where we find the pituitary gland.
What bone surrounds the pituitary gland?
sella turcica
What houses the pituitary gland?
The pituitary gland sits in a bony structure in the skull known as the sella turcica. The sella turcica, also known as "Turk's Saddle", is a depression in the sphenoid bone.
