The jugular fossa is located in the temporal bone, posterior to the carotid canal and the cochlear aqueduct.

In the bony ridge dividing the carotid canal from the jugular fossa is the small inferior tympanic canaliculus for the passage of the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve.

[1] In the lateral part of the jugular fossa is the mastoid canaliculus for the entrance of the auricular branch of the vagus nerve.

[1] The jugular fossa has variable depth and size in different skulls.

[2] A high jugular fossa may be linked to Ménière's disease.