label: Jugular foramen stenosis
label_lc: jugular foramen stenosis
description: "Reduction in diameter of the jugular foramen, an opening in the base of the skull that is located behind the carotid canal and is formed by the temporal bone and the occipital bone. The inferior petrosal sinus, three cranial nerves, the sigmoid sinus, and meningeal arteries pass through the jugular foramen."