Tuberculum sellae explained

The tuberculum sellae (or the tubercle of the sella turcica) is a slight^[1] median elevation upon the superior aspect of the body of sphenoid bone (that forms the floor of the middle cranial fossa) at the anterior boundary of the sella turcica (hypophyseal (pituitary) fossa) and posterior boundary of the chiasmatic groove.^[2] A middle clinoid process flanks the tuberculum sellae on either side.^[3]

External links

• Web site: Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-2. Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. https://web.archive.org/web/20130622050647/http://www.tk.de/rochelexikon/pics/s34257.000-2.html. 2013-06-22.
• Diagram at uni-mainz.de

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tuberculum sellæ . 2023-08-01 . TheFreeDictionary.com . en.
2. Web site: chiasmatic sulcus . 2023-08-01 . TheFreeDictionary.com . en.
3. Book: Sinnatamby, Chummy S. . Last's Anatomy . 2011 . 978-0-7295-3752-0 . 12th .