Tim Fitzgerald, MFA, CMI

This medical legal board shows the progression of cervical disc herniations and a disc bulge over the course of 4 years. Additionally, some disc “squish” details from this board and other similar boards are shown.

This medical legal board features cervical discectomies at the C3/4 and C4/5 levels. Interbody devices and a cervical plate were placed and fixed to the bone once the herniated disc material was removed.

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. )