Middle cranial fossa
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The middle cranial fossa is formed by the sphenoid bones, and the temporal bones. It lodges the temporal lobes, and the pituitary gland. It is deeper than the anterior cranial fossa, is narrow mediall
Middle cranial fossa at human foetus
Base of skull
Middle cranial fossa
Middle cranial fossa
Tuberculum sellae
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The tuberculum sellae is a slight median elevation upon the superior aspect of the body of sphenoid bone at the anterior boundary of the sella turcica and posterior boundary of the chiasmatic groove.
Middle cranial fossa
…the squamosal, sphenoparietal, sphenosquamosal, and sphenopetrosal sutures. The middle part of the fossa presents, in front, the chiasmatic groove and tuberculum sellae; the chiasmatic groove ends on either side at the optic foramen, which transmits the optic nerve and ophthalmic artery to the orbital cavity. Behind…
Tuberculum sellae