Tuberculum sellae

Tuberculum sellae
Sphenoid bone. Upper surface. (Tuberculum sellae visible at center.)
Base of the skull. Upper surface. (Sphenoid bone visible in yellow, the tuberculum sellae is labeled at the right, fourth from the top of the yellow section.)
Gray's	subject #35 147

In the sphenoid bone, behind the chiasmatic groove is an elevation, the tuberculum sellæ (or the tubercle of sella turcica).

External links

• Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 34257.000-2
• Diagram at uni-mainz.de

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.