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Sella turcica is...

Sella turcica is 

A

Band connecting cerebral hemispheres

B

Foramen of skull

C

Skull depression for lodging pituitary

D

Lodging of heart

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C
The pituitary gland (smallest endocrine gland) is located in a bony cavity called sella tursica of sphenoid bone and is attached to hypothalamus by a stalk. Pituitory (hypophysis) gland present below the hypothalamus and called 'master gland of the body'.
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