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Pituitary fossa

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(Anat.) the ephippium.

See also: Pituitary



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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The pituitary fossa holds the pituitary gland, which is composed of the adenophysis and neurohypophysis.
The team's conclusion rests partly on the shape of a depression in one of the skull bones called the pituitary fossa that houses the pituitary gland.
Computed tomography (CT) at that facility showed a nonenhancing mass occupying the right sphenoid sinus with bony expansion and erosion into the pituitary fossa.
 
 
 
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