Bovine Cervical Vertebra
This is a sketch of a bovine (cow or ox) cervical vertebra that was found in marshes along the Georgia coast. The transverse foramen ( vertebrarterial canals ) and short spine are key anatomical identifiers for the group of cervical vertebrae. ( Unfortunately, the bone is ‘standing up’ on the posterior end and needs to be redrawn in the bone’s true orientation [lying down]. This is what happens when someone trained in drawing HUMAN vertebrae draws a mammalian tetrapod’s vertebra. Oops… It’ll be redrawn soon. )