MANUAL FOR ARMY HORSESHOERS. 39 



The coronary coriiun or band is a thick, strong, convex band of 

 tissue which lies in a groove inside the top of the wall and extends 

 around the top of the hoof. It secretes the middle or main part 

 of the wall. 



The laminar corium (sensitive lamina?, fleshy leaves, PI. VII) 

 covers and is firmly attached to the wall surface of the third phalanx 

 and the lower part of the outer surface of its cartilages. It secretes 

 the laminae, the inner part of the wall. The lamin:^ (fleshy lea\es) 



Plate VIII.— Ground Surface of Foot of Horse after Eemoval of Half op 

 Hoof to Show Corium. 



(After Schmaltz, Atlas d. Anat. d. Tferdes.) 



(From Sisson's Anatomy of the Domestic Animals; copyright, W. B. Saunders Co.) 



of the corium, in addition to supphdng nourishment to the homy 

 laminae and the horn of the white line, through their strong union 

 with the laminae of the wall they support the weight of the horse on 

 the hoof. 



The corium of the sole (sensitive sole. Pis. IV and VIII) covers the 

 sole sm-face of the third phalanx and secretes the sole. 



The corium of the frog (sensitive frog, PL VIII) covers the lower 

 surface of the digital cushion and secretes the frog. 



