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sella turcica

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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 ]

Term info

Label

sella turcica

database cross reference
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