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

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

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

The Anterior Branch descends in front of the vein, distributing cutaneous branches to the front of the digit, and terminating in the coronary cushion.

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

During these movements of the knife a finger of the unoccupied hand should follow the knife, and guard the coronary cushion against injury.

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

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

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

The papillæ of the coronary cushion secrete the horn tubules forming the wall, and the papillæ of the perioplic ring secrete the varnish-like veneer of thin horn covering the outside surface of the hoof.

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