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Sella turcica is a

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Covering of kidney
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Covering of testis
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Depression in brain
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Depression is skull which lodges the pituitary body
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The correct option is D Depression is skull which lodges the pituitary body
Sella trucia or 'Turkish saddle' is a depression in the floor of the mammalian skull in the sphenoid (Basi spenoid) bone in which the pituitary gland is lodged. It is also found in skull of chimpanzees, gorilla etc.

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