| Bone: Hypophysial fossa | |
|---|---|
| Sphenoid bone. Upper surface. (Fossa hypophyseos visible at center.) | |
| Base of the skull. Upper surface. (Sphenoid bone is yellow, and fossa hypophysseos is visible at center of sphenoid.) | |
| Latin | fossa hypophysialis |
| Gray's | subject #35 147 |
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).
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