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

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

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

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

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 Reeks, Harry Caulton

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 Reeks, Harry Caulton

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