Definition of Pituitary fossa. Meaning of Pituitary fossa. Synonyms of Pituitary fossa

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Definition of Pituitary fossa

Pituitary fossa
Pituitary Pi*tu"i*ta*ry, a. [L. pituita phlegm, pituite: cf. F. pituitarie.] (Anat.) (a) Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities. (b) Of or pertaining to the pituitary body; as, the pituitary fossa. Pituitary body or gland (Anat.), a glandlike body of unknown function, situated in the pituitary fossa, and connected with the infundibulum of the brain; the hypophysis. Pituitary fossa (Anat.), the ephippium.

Meaning of Pituitary fossa from wikipedia

- cephalometric landmark. The pituitary gland or hypophysis is located within the most inferior aspect of the sella turcica, the hypophyseal fossa. The sella turcica...
- relief. In humans, the pituitary gland rests upon the hypophyseal fossa of the sphenoid bone, in the center of the middle cranial fossa. It sits in a protective...
- Pituitary adenomas are tumors that occur in the pituitary gland. Most pituitary tumors are benign, approximately 35% are invasive and just 0.1% to 0.2%...
- 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...
- floor of the middle cranial fossa: 508-509 ) at the anterior boundary of the sella turcica (hypophyseal (pituitary) fossa): 509  and posterior boundary...
- of H. floresiensis are diagnostic characteristics, such as enlarged pituitary fossa, unusually straight and untwisted humeral heads, relatively thick limbs...
- Byrne's bones in 1909 and found that Byrne had had a pituitary tumour based on an enlarged pituitary fossa. In 2011, British and German researchers determined...
- disease can occur due to pituitary tissue compression or replacement, and compression of structures that surround the pituitary fossa. The tumor can also compress...
- hypophysial fossa. The sellar diaphragm covers the pituitary gland in this fossa and has an aperture for p****age of the infundibulum (pituitary stalk) and...
- fossa, from behind forward,[citation needed] are the posterior perforated substance, corpora mamillaria, tuber cinereum, infundibulum, and pituitary gland...