HEAD NECK
ORBIT NOSE EAR
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Question
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Sella turcica
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squamous portion
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glabella
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Zygomatic process
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Detailed explanation-1: -The sella turcica is located in the sphenoid bone behind the chiasmatic groove and the tuberculum sellae. It belongs to the middle cranial fossa. The sella turcica’s most inferior portion is known as the hypophyseal fossa (the “seat of the saddle"), and contains the pituitary gland (hypophysis).
Detailed explanation-2: -The sphenoid bone includes: optic canal. superior orbital fissure. inferior orbital fissure.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sella turcica, meaning Turkish chair in Latin, is a saddle shaped depression in the sphenoid bone which holds the pituitary gland.
Detailed explanation-4: -It is a single bone in the midline of the cranial cavity situated posterior to the frontal bone but anterior to the occipital. Its name derives from the Greek ‘sphenoeides, ‘ which means wedge-shaped.