The practical stock doctor: a reliable, common-sense ready-reference book for the farmer and stock owner .. . e hair. lyonghair pointing outward fills the external ear, its purpose beingthat of protection. The muscles of the ear have been mentionedin the muscular system. THE HOOF.—The hoof of the horse is divided into threedistinct parts—the wall, sole and frog. The wall is that part ofthe hoof that is visible when the hoof rests on the ground, and isdivided into the toe, the quarters, the heels and the bars. Thetoe forms the front of the hoof, the quarters are the sides, and theheels make up
The practical stock doctor: a reliable, common-sense ready-reference book for the farmer and stock owner .. . e hair. lyonghair pointing outward fills the external ear, its purpose beingthat of protection. The muscles of the ear have been mentionedin the muscular system. THE HOOF.—The hoof of the horse is divided into threedistinct parts—the wall, sole and frog. The wall is that part ofthe hoof that is visible when the hoof rests on the ground, and isdivided into the toe, the quarters, the heels and the bars. Thetoe forms the front of the hoof, the quarters are the sides, and theheels make up the back part. The wall is thickest at the toe anddecreases in thickness from the front, being much thinner at thesides. From the heel is a process of hoof which looks like a forward between the frog and the sole, one on each side,acting as a brace to the heel and to the quarters; these are called bars. In a state of nature the walls are covered with a fine mem-brane called periople, that gives the hoof a polished look. Itsoffice is to prevent evaporation and cracking of the horn—a fact. ANATOMY OF THK HORSE 47 often overlooked in shoeing when the smith rasps it away toofreely. Around the top of the wall where it unites with the skinis the coronary band, which is that portion of the skin from whichthe wall of the hoof grows. Within the wall are the cofiSn, navic-ular and part of the small pastern bones, also the quick orsensitive laminae, plantar cushion, and lateral cartilages. The sole of the foot is a thick plate of horn shaped like thecircumference of the foot, except that a V-shaped opening is leftbehind for the reception of the frog, and is concave on the lowersurface. It is produced by the velvety tissue, a thin membranecovering the inferior surface of the coffin bone. The horn of thesole differs somewhat from that of the wall in construction. The frog is the prominent elastic horn found in the V-shapednotch in the back part of the sole, and is attached
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