Sella turcica is the supportive saddle-shaped structure present in the sphenoid bone of the human skulls and other apes. The sella turcica belongs to the middle cranial fossa of the skull.
The sella turcica houses the pituitary gland or the hypophysis in the most inferior aspect of the sella turcica called hypophyseal fossa.
Sometimes the sella turcica is filled with the cerebrospinal fluid and the disease is known as the empty sella syndrome.
