PL&TI ¥IH, 



This plate, represents a transverse .section of the poste- 

 rior part of the foot behind the phlanges, between the two 

 fibro-cartilages. 



It shows the disposition of the bulbs of the plantar pad, 

 or cushion, the stratified layers of the pyramidal body, the 

 hight of the cartilages of the hoof, and the direction of the 

 bars. 



B. Bulb of the plantar pad (or cushion). 



C. Internal face of the fibro-cartilages, or lateral cartilages. 



C. Hight .of the hoof. 



D. Part of the lateral band of the reinforcing sheath of the perforans. 



E. Point of junction of the inferior border of the cartilages with 



the substance of the plantar pad, or cushion. 



F. Longitudinal depression of the anterior face of the plantar pad. 



G. Stratified layers of the plantar, pad in the pyramidal body. 

 Z. Superior surface of the bars. 



Y. Thickness and direction of the bars. 



