Preferred Name |
diaphragma sellae |
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Synonyms |
sellar diaphragm |
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Definitions |
The diaphragma sellae or sellar diaphragm is the circular fold of dura mater that almost completely roofs the fossa hypophyseos in the sphenoid bone of the skull. It retains the pituitary gland in the fossa hypophyseos, with only the infundibulum of the pituitary gland passing through it. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0035416 |
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database_cross_reference |
NCIT:C32459 SCTID:32967008 Wikipedia:Diaphragma_sellae UMLS:C0228123 FMA:78540 |
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definition |
The diaphragma sellae or sellar diaphragm is the circular fold of dura mater that almost completely roofs the fossa hypophyseos in the sphenoid bone of the skull. It retains the pituitary gland in the fossa hypophyseos, with only the infundibulum of the pituitary gland passing through it. |
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has_exact_synonym |
sellar diaphragm |
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has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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id |
UBERON:0035416 |
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label |
diaphragma sellae |
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notation |
UBERON:0035416 |
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diaphragma sellae |
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