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Turkish Saddle
The shape of the bone surrounding the pituitary led to the naming sella turcica (Latin sella = saddle, turcica = Turkish), as it resembled a saddle shape.
The pituitary is located within this pituitary fossa of the sphenoid bone, anterior to the lamina terminalis and superior to the pharynx.
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