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...
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artery and vagus nerve. It begins in the posterior compartment of the jugular foramen, at the base of the skull. It is somewhat dilated at its origin, which...
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Posterior cranial fossa (section Jugular foramen)
anterior edge of the occipital bones to the jugular foramen, where the sigmoid sinus becomes the internal jugular vein. Note that a superior petrosal sinus...
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Jugular foramen syndrome, or Vernet's syndrome, is characterized by paresis of the glossopharyngeal, vagal, and accessory (with or without the hypoglossal)...
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Superior ganglion of vagus nerve (redirect from Jugular ganglion)
the vagus nerve (jugular ganglion) is a sensory ganglion of the peripheral nervous system. It is located within the jugular foramen, where the vagus nerve...
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skull through the central part of the jugular foramen. From the superior and inferior ganglia in jugular foramen, it has its own sheath of dura mater....
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Occipital bone (section Foramen magnum)
from one another by the jugular process, the notch on the anterior surface of which forms the posterior part of the jugular foramen. Lambdoid suture Occipitomastoid...
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Notorious Fires Flowers Flow Neatly Fabulously Family Feuds are No Fun Foramen Fissure Notch Fossa SITS "Sit In The Seat" / The humerus SITS in the glenoid...
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presents an excavation — the jugular fossa — which, with the jugular notch on the occipital, forms the jugular foramen; an eminence occasionally projects...
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bone. The jugular process is excavated in front by the jugular notch of occipital bone (which forms the posterior part of the jugular foramen). The posterolateral...
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sinus Foramen cecum Optic foramen Foramen lacerum Foramen rotundum Foramen magnum Foramen ovale Jugular foramen Internal auditory meatus Mastoid foramen Sphenoidal...
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through the foramen magnum, the large opening at the skull's base. The nerve travels along the inner wall of the skull towards the jugular foramen. Leaving...
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lateral part of the occipital bone, just medial to the jugular foramen: 568 on either side of the foramen magnum. It overlies (i.e. is situated superior to: 568 )...
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glossopharyngeal nerve (IX), which occurs just after it passes through the jugular foramen. Additional ganglia for nerves with parasympathetic function exist...
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temporal bone of the skull, in an area called the jugular foramen. The jugular foramen is also where the jugular vein and several important nerves exit the skull...
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to and join the vagus nerve in the jugular foramen.: 86–88 Sensory cell bodies are located in the inferior jugular ganglion, and the fibers terminate...
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the internal jugular vein. : 795–6 Each sigmoid sinus begins beneath the temporal bone and follows a tortuous course to the jugular foramen, at which point...
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Fissure Foramen Rotundum Foramen Ovale Superior Orbital Fissure Internal Acoustic Meatus Internal Acoustic Meatus Jugular Foramen Jugular Foramen Jugular Foramen...
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(from occipital artery through jugular or mastoid foramen) D. meningeal arteries (from vertebral artery through foramen magnum) The two layers of dura...
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separates from it again. As it exits from the jugular foramen, it runs backward in front of the internal jugular vein in 66.6% of cases, and behind it in 33%...
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canal in the bony wedge/ridge that separates the carotid canal and jugular foramen/jugular fossa. The proximal opening of the canal is situated upon the inferior...
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extends through the jugular foramen, then passes into the carotid sheath between the internal carotid artery and the internal jugular vein down to the neck...
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bifurcation until it enters the carotid canal in the skull anterior to the jugular foramen. At its origin, the internal carotid artery is somewhat dilated. This...
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External surface of cranial base Jugular foramen Foramen lacerum Bony palate Greater palatine canal Greater palatine foramen Lesser palatine foramina Incisive...
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parasympathetic nervous system. The vagus nerve exits the skull through the jugular foramen, moving down through the carotid sheath and dividing many times to...
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foramen, a major foramen of the pelvis Interventricular foramen, channels connecting ventricles in the brain Intervertebral foramen, foramina formed between...
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posteriorly by the cervical vertebrae, superiorly by the skull near the jugular foramen, anteriorly by the parotid gland, laterally by the sternocleidomastoid...
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IX Glossopharyngeal Both sensory and motor Medulla Located in the jugular foramen. Receives taste from the posterior 1/3 of the tongue, provides secretomotor...
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tinnitus (in 80%) and hearing loss (in 60%). The cranial nerves of the jugular foramen may be compressed, resulting swallowing difficulty, or ipsilateral...
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dural sinuses and that eventually exit the cranial vault through the jugular foramen to empty into deep cervical lymph nodes. A minority of lymph from the...
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