Lectures of Anatomy (2011) by Dr. Noura El tahawy for second year Faculty of Medicine

1. Pituitary Gland
By
Dr. Noura El Tahawy

2. • Tentorium
cerebelli
• Transverse sinus
• Sphenoidal air
sinus
• Frontal air sinus
• Sigmoid sinus
• Pituitary fossa

3. Outer Endosteal
Layer of the Dura Inner Meningeal
Layer of the Dura Pituitary Gland
Diaphragma Sellae
Intercavernous
Dural Sinuses

6. Cavernous Sinuses
Optic Chiasma
Internal Carotid Artery
Uncus
of Pituitary
Sphenoidal Temporal Lobe Gland
Air Sinus
Sphenoidal
AirSinuses
Body
of
Sphenoid Bone

10. Pars Tuberalis
Infundibulum of the Pituitary Gland
Anterior Lobe
(Adenohypophysis) Rudementary Cleft
Posterior Lobe
(Neurohypophysis)
Pars Intermedia
Pars Distalis

11. Portal Pituitary Venous System
Superior Hypophyseal Artery
To Surrounding Dural Sinuses To Surrounding Dural Sinuses
Inferior Hypophyseal Artery

12. Plain X-ray, Lateral view of the Skull and Neck