Chapter 8: The Foot

Question 1

What is the periople?

Answer 1

(limbus ungulae)
The proximal edge of the hoof wall is attached to the skin by a tissue called the periople.

Question 2

What is the hoof wall?

Answer 2

(paries ungulae)
The hoof wall is the hardest part of the horny hoof structures.

Question 3

What is the white line?

Answer 3

(zona alba)
Immediately inside the hoof wall on the bottom of the foot is an area known as the zona alba, or white line.

Question 4

What is the epidermal sole?

Answer 4

(solae ungulae)
The epidermal, or horny, sole is produced by the sensitive sole, also called the solar corium. The sensitive sole is covered with papillae.

Question 5

What is the epidermal frog?

Answer 5

(cuneus ungulae)
The epidermal, or horny, frog is a long, triangular piece of rubber-like tissue that is found in the solar-center-rear of the horse’s foot.

Question 6

What are the bulbs?

Answer 6

(torus ungulae)
The bulbs are two rounded and hairless structures found at the most palmar or plantar portion of the foot.