Tuberculum sellae

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The**** tuberculum sellae (or the tubercle of the sella turcica) is a slight median elevation upon the superior aspect of the body of sphenoid bone (that forms the floor of the middle cranial fossa ) at the anterior boundary of the sella turcica (hypophyseal (pituitary) fossa) ******** and posterior boundary of the chiasmatic ****groove. **** ******** A middle clinoid process flanks the tuberculum sellae on either side. ****

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