coronary cushion

American  

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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Example Sentences

From this it is clear that the condition depends primarily upon the amount and condition of the blood supplied to the coronary cushion.

From Project Gutenberg

The previous inflammatory changes in the adjoining sensitive structures have here led to an increased secretion of horn, and a greater or less deposition of inflammatory connective tissue in the wounded coronary cushion.

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As we have seen, this state of affairs is probably ushering in a condition of spreading suppuration of the coronary cushion, and considerable gangrene and sloughing of the skin.

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The Superior Border follows closely the line marked by the perioplic ring and the groove separating the latter from the coronary cushion.

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Causes.—False quarter may result from any disease of the foot that involves destruction of a portion of the coronary cushion.

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