Archive:Jugular foramen

df Behind the carotid canal is the jugular foramen, a large aperture, formed in front by the petrous portion of the temporal, and behind by the occipital; it is generally larger on the right than on the left side, and may be subdivided into three compartments.

• The anterior compartment transmits the inferior petrosal sinus.
• The intermediate transmits the glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves.
• The posterior transmits the transverse sinus and some meningeal branches from the occipital and ascending pharyngeal arteries.

Additional images

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  Base of the skull. Upper surface.

The posterior transmits the transverse sinus and some meningeal branches from the occipital and ascending pharyngeal arteries.

My addition (it also transmits the Internal jugular vien).

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