sellan.
/ˈsɛlə/ Anatomy.
A saddle-shaped portion of the sphenoid, more fully sella equina, sella sphenoidalis or sella turcica.
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pterygium1684
sella1684
pterygoid process1697
pterygoid bone1719
pterygoid fossa1733
pterygoidean1753
pterygoid plate1758
pterygoid1822
ingrassial bones1839
alisphenoid1846
presphenoid1851
clinoid1854
postsphenoid1862
postsphenoid bone1862
mesopterygoid fossa1881
Vesalian foramen1891
1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 260 Sella Equina, seu Turcica, it is compounded of four Processes of the Bone Sphenoeides, or Wedg-like Bone... Sella Sphenoeides, the same with Sella Equina.
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 278/1 Internally the cerebral cavity [of a dolphin] is very remarkable... The sella is but slightly marked.
1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 232 The sella turcica is shallow.
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 70 The upper surface of the posterior sphenoid exhibits, on each side of the sella, a faintly-marked groove.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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