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.)