Cattle Vertebral Column

Figure I
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Extracted from: Sisson and Grossman The Anatomy of the Domestic Animals - Volume 1
Figure II
Bovine lumbar vertebra

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Bovine cervical vertebra

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Note: The Dorsal Root Ganglia may protrude from the intervertebral foramen into the space that
lies between the body and transverse processes of adjoining vertebrae. The ribs are attached to
shortened transverse processes in the thoracic region.

Extracted from: Sisson and Grossman The Anatomy of the Domestic Animals - Volume 1

Figure III
Bovine sacrum, ventral view
Ventral surface, concave a. median groove b. 4 transverse groove and 4 pair foramina at each
side which makes intervertebral foramina with dorsal foramina that opens into neural canal

Extracted from: Sisson and Grossman The Anatomy of the Domestic Animals - Volume 1
Bovine sacrum, dorsal view

A,base a. anterior extremity of body of 1st sacral segment

b. dorsal surface of body of 1st sacral segment. c.anterior oblique process of 1st sacral segment. d.
median sacral crest d. lateral sacral crest e. posterior face of wing. Articular facet f. dorsal sacral
foramina g. lateral border h. transverse process. J. apex(posterior end of 5th sacral vertebrae
which is incompletely fuse with 4th)

Extracted from: Sisson and Grossman The Anatomy of the Domestic Animals - Volume 1