depression on the superior surface of the sphenoid bone; houses the pituitary gland
The pituitary fossa. The center is used as a cephalometric landmark.
Refers to the configuration of the hypophysial fossa relative to the clinoid processes of the body of the sphenoid bone. The term is used interchangeably for the depression or fossa itself in the body of the sphenoid bone which lodges the pituitary gland.
A deep depression of the sphenoid bone, at the base of the skull, which surrounds the hypophysis.
bony structure that houses the pituitary gland.
The Sella turcica (literally http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Siodla_17_wiek_caly_garnitur3.jpg Turkish saddle) is a saddle-shaped depression in the sphenoid bone at the base of the human skull.