7- Equine Hoof Flashcards
When a horse is in a stance phase, it is _________, meaning the venous blood pools.
Diastolic
When a horse is in a flight phase, it is ________, meaning the venous blood is forced up the leg.
Systolic
What is the periople?
Protective layer to prevent desiccation, analogous to a cuticle
Primary weight-bearing structure, protection, force dissipation, traction, keritinized, tubular epidermis.
What hoof structure does this describe?
Wall
Label the picture
Provides additional weight bearing surface, prevents excessive expansion.
What hoof structure does this describe?
Bars
Identify red and green structures in this picture
Green- Bar
Red- Wall
Which structure in a horse’s hoof is used for shock absorption?
Heel
Junction between solar and laminar epidermis, area where nails are driven in on a shod horse.
Which hoof structure is this describing?
White line
Protects the bottom of the distal phalanx, bears less weight compared to the wall, provides traction
Which structure in the equine hoof is this describing?
Sole
Lies over the digital cushion——> peripheral pump, provides traction
Which structure in the equine hoof is this describing?
Frog
Name the colored structures
Yellow structure?
Coronary band
Junction between the hoof wall (coronary epidermis) and skin (epidermis)
Which structure in the equine hoof does this describe?
Coronet