Opening in the base of the skull allowing many structures to pass
Jugular foramen
Base of skull. Inferior surface. (label for jugular foramen is at right, third from the bottom)
Details
Part of
Skull
System
Skeletal system
Identifiers
Latin
foramen jugulare
MeSH
D000080869
TA98
A02.1.00.054
TA2
458
FMA
56432
Anatomical terminology
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A jugular foramen is one of the two (left and right) large foramina (openings) in the base of the skull, located behind the carotid canal. It is formed by the temporal bone and the occipital bone. It allows many structures to pass, including the inferior petrosal sinus, three cranial nerves, the sigmoid sinus, and meningeal arteries.
A jugularforamen is one of the two (left and right) large foramina (openings) in the base of the skull, located behind the carotid canal. It is formed...
artery and vagus nerve. It begins in the posterior compartment of the jugularforamen, at the base of the skull. It is somewhat dilated at its origin, which...
anterior edge of the occipital bones to the jugularforamen, where the sigmoid sinus becomes the internal jugular vein. Note that a superior petrosal sinus...
Jugularforamen syndrome, or Vernet's syndrome, is characterized by paresis of the glossopharyngeal, vagal, and accessory (with or without the hypoglossal)...
presents an excavation — the jugular fossa — which, with the jugular notch on the occipital, forms the jugularforamen; an eminence occasionally projects...
skull through the central part of the jugularforamen. From the superior and inferior ganglia in jugularforamen, it has its own sheath of dura mater....
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lateral part of the occipital bone, just medial to the jugularforamen: 568 on either side of the foramen magnum. It overlies (i.e. is situated superior to: 568 )...
from one another by the jugular process, the notch on the anterior surface of which forms the posterior part of the jugularforamen. Lambdoid suture Occipitomastoid...
the vagus nerve (jugular ganglion) is a sensory ganglion of the peripheral nervous system. It is located within the jugularforamen, where the vagus nerve...
bone. The jugular process is excavated in front by the jugular notch of occipital bone (which forms the posterior part of the jugularforamen). The posterolateral...
through the foramen magnum, the large opening at the skull's base. The nerve travels along the inner wall of the skull towards the jugularforamen. Leaving...
glossopharyngeal nerve (IX), which occurs just after it passes through the jugularforamen. Additional ganglia for nerves with parasympathetic function exist...
separates from it again. As it exits from the jugularforamen, it runs backward in front of the internal jugular vein in 66.6% of cases, and behind it in 33%...
temporal bone of the skull, in an area called the jugularforamen. The jugularforamen is also where the jugular vein and several important nerves exit the skull...
canal in the bony wedge/ridge that separates the carotid canal and jugularforamen/jugular fossa. The proximal opening of the canal is situated upon the inferior...
to and join the vagus nerve in the jugularforamen.: 86–88 Sensory cell bodies are located in the inferior jugular ganglion, and the fibers terminate...
(from occipital artery through jugular or mastoid foramen) D. meningeal arteries (from vertebral artery through foramen magnum) The two layers of dura...
passing through the anterior part of the jugularforamen, ends in the superior bulb of the internal jugular vein. The inferior petrosal sinus receives...
the internal jugular vein. : 795–6 Each sigmoid sinus begins beneath the temporal bone and follows a tortuous course to the jugularforamen, at which point...
IX Glossopharyngeal Both sensory and motor Medulla Located in the jugularforamen. Receives taste from the posterior 1/3 of the tongue, provides secretomotor...
bifurcation until it enters the carotid canal in the skull anterior to the jugularforamen. At its origin, the internal carotid artery is somewhat dilated. This...
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extends through the jugularforamen, then passes into the carotid sheath between the internal carotid artery and the internal jugular vein down to the neck...
tetrapods, the opisthotic is fused to its corresponding exoccipital. The jugularforamen is usually found near the point of fusion. The paired prootics (singular:...
considered the terminal branch of said artery). It passes through the jugularforamen to enter the posterior cranial fossa. It is the largest vessel supplying...
oblongata, below the roots of the vagus. It runs lateralward to the jugularforamen, where it may interchange fibers with the spinal portion or even become...