Turkish saddle

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• turkish saddle — noun Usage: usually capitalized T Etymology: translation of New Latin sella turcica : sella turcica …   Useful english dictionary

• saddle — 1. A structure shaped like, or suggestive of, a seat or s. used in horseback riding. SYN: sella. 2. SYN: denture base. Turkish s. SYN: sella turcica. * * * sad·dle sad əl n the part of a partial denture that carries an artificial tooth and has… …   Medical dictionary

• Sella turcica — The Turkish saddle in which sits the pituitary gland. The sella is a bony box in the middle of the head. It was called the sella turcica (the Turkish saddle) because of its resemblance to a saddle used by the Turks (and Arabs) which had supports… …   Medical dictionary

• sella — SYN: saddle (1). [L. saddle] empty s. a s. turcica, often enlarged, that contains no discernible pituitary gland; may be primarily due to an incompetent sellar diaphragm with compression of the pituitary gland by herniating arachnoid or… …   Medical dictionary

• Pituitary gland — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = hypophysis, glandula pituitaria GraySubject = 275 GrayPage = 1275 Caption = Located at the base of the brain, the pituitary gland is protected by a bony structure called the sella turcica(also known as… …   Wikipedia

• Body of sphenoid bone — Infobox Bone Name = Body of sphenoid bone Latin = corpus ossis sphenoidalis GraySubject = 35 GrayPage = 147 Caption = Figure 2: Sphenoid bone, anterior and inferior surfaces. Caption2 = Figure 3: Sphenoid bone, upper and posterior surfaces.… …   Wikipedia

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