The family horse : its stabling, care and feedingA practical manual for horse-keepers . save re-painting for several years. THE HORSES FOOT; SHOEING AND CARE. 103 CHAPTER IX. THE HORSES FOOT; SHOEING AND CARE. The foot is one of the most highly organized parts of the horsesanatomy. It is a combination of bone©, cartilages, tendons, nerves,and blood vessels, enclosed in skin, hair and tough, elastic en-velope. The hoof is a homy crust, very dense on the outer surface,while the interior ismade up of thin platesor laminae, by which itis attached to the cofl&n-bone. The ground sur-face of the foot
The family horse : its stabling, care and feedingA practical manual for horse-keepers . save re-painting for several years. THE HORSES FOOT; SHOEING AND CARE. 103 CHAPTER IX. THE HORSES FOOT; SHOEING AND CARE. The foot is one of the most highly organized parts of the horsesanatomy. It is a combination of bone©, cartilages, tendons, nerves,and blood vessels, enclosed in skin, hair and tough, elastic en-velope. The hoof is a homy crust, very dense on the outer surface,while the interior ismade up of thin platesor laminae, by which itis attached to the cofl&n-bone. The ground sur-face of the foot is shownin figure 64. It consistsof the sole, the bars andthe frog. These protectthe sensitive portions ofthe foot from externalinjuries. The frog oc-cupies the posterior partof the foot, the insensi-tive or homy frog con-taining a deep cleft. Oneither side of the frog,between it and the sole,are similar clefts, calledcommissures, the outersides of which are calledthe bars, the entire sub-stance being continuouswith the horny sole andhoof. This corrugatedstructure enables the. PFig. 64, GEOUKD SURFACE OF HORSES FORE FOOT. a, a, outer wall or crust; «, h, c, quarters ; d, d, angle of bars ; e, m, commissures ; /, /, /, sole ; g, white line; k, frog ; i, i, points of frog; k, k, bulbs of frog , I, cleft of frog. posterior portion of the foot to expand at every step. At the sametime the elastic laminae and homy sole allow the coffin-bone, bearingthe weight of the horse, to spring downward, breaking the forceof the concussion which would ensue if the foot were a solid, non-elastic mass. The force of the impact is also modified by the plantarcushion, which is interposed between the homy frog and bars andthe navicular joint. 104 THE FAMILY HOKSE. In the fore feet the hoof is thickest in the anterior portion, butin the hind feet, the greatest thickness of horn is in the quartersand posterior part. This difference admirably adapts all the feetto their respective requirements. A sect
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