diaphragma sellae
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The diaphragma sellae or sellar diaphragm is the circular fold of dura mater that almost completely roofs the fossa hypophyseos in the sphenoid bone of the skull. It retains the pituitary gland in the fossa hypophyseos, with only the infundibulum of the pituitary gland passing through it. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaphragma_sellae ]
Synonyms: sellar diaphragm
Term info
- UMLS:C0228123
- SCTID:32967008
- Wikipedia:Diaphragma_sellae
- NCIT:C32459
- FMA:78540
uberon
UBERON:0035416
Diaphragma sellae