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The pituitary gland is housed in a saddlelike depression in the temporal bone called the sella turcica?
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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 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.
What bony depression of the cranial floor does the pituitary sit?
sella turcica of the sphenoid bone
What encloses the pituitary gland?
the sella turcica
What structure houses the pituitary gland?
sella turcica
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.
What is pituitary of brain?
The pituitary of the brain sits in a tiny bony space called the sella turcica.
What bone surrounds the pituitary gland?
sella turcica
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 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 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.
