Lecture 11 - Hoof Flashcards
What are perissodactlys?
odd-toed ungulates
What are artiodactlys?
even-toed ungulates
What animal is an odd-toed?
Equine
What animal is an even-toed?
Bovine, carpine, swine, and ovine
What is the hoof a form of?
Highly specialized skin
How is the hoof formed?
Cornification of the entire integument at distal end of the limb
Why have these animals adapted hooves?
Due to being weight bearing on one or two digits, hoof made to handle force
What does the hoof capsule equate too?
Epidermis
What does the corium equate to?
Dermis
What is the corium?
Modified dermis, continuous with dermis skin
What is the function of the corium?
Provide physical and nutritional support to the hoof capsule
What are the layers in the hoof wall?
Stratum externum, outer s. medium, inner s. medium, s. internum
What is each wall paired with?
A corium
What wall layer does the perioplic corium provide for?
S. externum
What wall layer does the coronary corium provide for?
Medium layers
What wall layer does the laminar corium provide for?
S. internum
What coriums are papillary coriums?
perioplic and coronary
What do papillary coriums do?
Associate with regions that produce new hoof
Where is the s. basal located? (what regions?)
Papillae and inter-papillary
What do s. basal at the papillae region produce?
Tubular hoof