Base of skull. Inferior surface. (Pink region is temporal bone, and stylomastoid foramen is circle at center of pink region.)
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| colspan="2" |Left temporal bone. Inferior surface. (Stylomastoid foramen is third label from the bottom on the left.)
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Between the styloid and mastoid processes of the temporal bone is the stylomastoid foramen; it is the termination of the facial canal, and transmits the facial nerve and stylomastoid artery.