page_title: Sella turcica
hierarchical_section_title: Sella turcica
caption_attribution_description: English: Sella turcica (shown in red) 日本語: トルコ鞍。赤色で示す。
context_page_description: The sella turcica is a saddle-shaped depression in the body of the sphenoid bone of the human skull and of the skulls of other hominids including chimpanzees, orangutans and gorillas. It serves as a cephalometric landmark. The pituitary gland or hypophysis is located within the most inferior aspect of the sella turcica, the hypophyseal fossa.
context_section_description: The sella turcica (Latin for Turkish seat) is a saddle-shaped depression in the body of the sphenoid bone of the human skull and of the skulls of other hominids including chimpanzees, orangutans and gorillas. It serves as a cephalometric landmark. The pituitary gland or hypophysis is located within the most inferior aspect of the sella turcica, the hypophyseal fossa.
caption: Human skull seen from side (parietal bones and temporal bones have been removed). Sella turcica shown in red.
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