coronary cushion

noun

1. a thick band of vascular tissue in the coronet of horses and other hoofed animals that secretes the horny wall of the hoof.

Example Sentences

The central portion lies between the lateral cartilages and immediately under the coronary cushion.

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These extend downwards from the lower border of the coronary cushion to the inferior margin of the os pedis.

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It only remains to state that, like the coronary cushion, the surface of the sensitive frog is closely studded with papillæ.

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The main portion of the wall is developed from the numerous papillæ covering the corium of the coronary cushion.

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The coronary cushion is also affected in the same way, where the changes are noted most in its posterior portions.

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