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

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

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

With the constant dragging in and down of the coronary cushion there is given, to the horn-secreting papillæ, studding both the lower third of its outer face and its lowermost surface, a distinct 'cant' outwards.

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

This should run immediately under the coronary margin of the wall, and should stop short of injuring the coronary cushion beneath.

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

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