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Saddle hillock

The saddle hillock [tuberculum sellae – PNA (The anatomic nomenclature Parisian), BNA (The anatomic nomenclature Basel), JNA (The anatomic nomenclature Yenskaya)] – the front ledge located on an upper part of a body surface of a wedge-shaped bone limits the Turkish saddle in front.

 
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