In the lateral part of the jugular fossa of the temporal bone is the mastoid canaliculus for the entrance of the auricular branch of the vagus nerve.

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  Base of skull. Inferior surface.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 144 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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