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coronary cushion

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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.


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Definition.—Contraction at the heels, confined to the horn immediately succeeding that occupied by the coronary cushion.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

Usually they are rounded and extend from the coronary cushion to the sole, sometimes only as thick as an ordinary goose-quill, at other times reaching the size of one's finger.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

To do this a double sage-knife is run flatwise between the coronary cushion and the cartilage, with the convex surface of the blade towards the skin.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

In front these are continuous with the ridges of the pyramidal body, while behind they become confounded with the lateral cartilages and the coronary cushion.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

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

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

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