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

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

Necrosis and consequent sloughing of the skin is bound to follow, and an extensive ulcerous wound, or a spreading suppuration of the coronary cushion is the result.

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

Neither is treatment of any use if any great loss of the coronary cushion has occurred.

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

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 Harry Caulton Reeks

They here affect the wall just where the bevel in it for the accommodation of the coronary cushion has rendered it weakest.

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

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