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Descriptor English: Jugular Foramina
Descriptor Spanish: Foramina Yugular
Descriptor forámenes yugulares
Entry term(s) agujero rasgado posterior
agujero yugular
agujeros rasgados posteriores
agujeros yugulares
foramen yugular
Scope note: Par de orificios de la fosa craneal posterior a través de los cuales pasan el NERVIO GLOSOFARÍNGEO, el NERVIO VAGO, el NERVIO ACCESORIO y la VENA YUGULAR interna.
Descriptor Portuguese: Forâmen Jugular
Descriptor French: Foramens jugulaires
Entry term(s): Foramina, Jugular
Jugular Foramen
Tree number(s): A01.456.830.200.500
A02.835.232.781.750.400.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000080869
Scope note: A pair of openings from the posterior cranial fossa through which the GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; VAGUS NERVE; ACCESSORY NERVE and the internal JUGULAR VEINS pass.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Skull (1964-2019)
Public MeSH Note: 2020
History Note: 2020
DeCS ID: 59137
Unique ID: D000080869
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Date Established: 2020/01/01
Date of Entry: 2019/07/08
Revision Date: 2019/05/17
Jugular Foramina - Preferred
Concept UI M000648549
Scope note A pair of openings from the posterior cranial fossa through which the GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; VAGUS NERVE; ACCESSORY NERVE and the internal JUGULAR VEINS pass.
Preferred term Jugular Foramina
Entry term(s) Foramina, Jugular
Jugular Foramen



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