The sella turcica is a saddle-shaped depression in the sphenoid bone at the base of the human skull. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sella_turcica ]

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Term information

database cross reference
  • FMA:54709
  • NCIT:C12497
  • UMLS:C0036609 (ncithesaurus:Sella_Turcica)
  • Wikipedia:Sella_turcica
  • MESH:D012658
  • SCTID:368554001
  • GAID:231
  • CALOHA:TS-2342
Subsets

pheno_slim

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Gray145.png

editor note

for consistency with FMA we have a separate class for the cavity of the sella turcica

has related synonym

Turkey Chair

turkish saddle

suprasellar

id

UBERON:0003689