. The horse in health and disease : a text-book pertaining to veterinary science for agricultural students . Horses; Horses. THE EAR, THE EYE, THE SKIN, AND THE FOOT loo understood why the two correspond in eolor. The hoof is divided into the wall, the sole, :ind the fros (FiRs. 44, 4'i). The wall is all that portion which is seen when the foot rests upon the ground. It ^ives the foot its form. The horn is very hard and solid and aflords adequate protection to the sensiti\'e structures beneath it. At the toe the wall is highest; from this point backward it gradually decreases in height, passes
. The horse in health and disease : a text-book pertaining to veterinary science for agricultural students . Horses; Horses. THE EAR, THE EYE, THE SKIN, AND THE FOOT loo understood why the two correspond in eolor. The hoof is divided into the wall, the sole, :ind the fros (FiRs. 44, 4'i). The wall is all that portion which is seen when the foot rests upon the ground. It ^ives the foot its form. The horn is very hard and solid and aflords adequate protection to the sensiti\'e structures beneath it. At the toe the wall is highest; from this point backward it gradually decreases in height, passes around the l>ulbs of the heels, and turns forward and inwaixl ti) form the hnrx, which are finally lost in the odg(> of the sole near the apex of the frog. It thus forms at each heel an angle known as the buitrcsf;. Each buttress encloses a branch of the liornv sole. The imier sm'- CoroNdi'!/. Fii. '(-iTopk of hcd Jiidfjf inrmtd TT-j â , I- C^J, '"/ ^t^' and frog II /(i/c line >^"''- â ' ' " 44.âHalf of houf, internal surface. (Sijjson, Anatomy of Domestic Animals.) face of the wall presents about six hundred horny leaves or laminip which dovetail with the .sensitive laminae. A firm union is thus made, so that it is verj' difficult to separate the two. The upper edge of the wall is thin, flexible, and grooved for lodgment of the coronary band. The lower edge is called the "bearing surface," and is the part to which the shoe is fitted. At the toe the wall is thickest; as the riuarters are approached it gets considerably tliinner. It rec|uircs about twelve months for thi> wall to grow from the coronet to the ground at the toe, six to eight months at the quarters, and three to five months at the heels. The sole is that horn nurtured by the sensitive tissue covering the sole surface of the coffin bone. It is divided into a body and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enh
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