sella turcica

English

Etymology

From Latin sella +‎ turcica, literally "Turkish chair".

Noun

sella turcica (plural sellae turcicae)

1. (anatomy) A saddle-shaped depression in the sphenoid bone of the skull in humans and other hominids.

   Synonyms: sella equina, sella sphenoidalis

Derived terms

• intrasellar
• subsellar
• suprasellar

Translations

saddle-shaped depression in the sphenoid bone

• Hungarian: töröknyereg
• Swedish: turksadel c