Laminae
The digital laminae are responsible for suspension of the axial skeleton of the animal within the hooves of ungulates, and act as shock absorbers during locomotion. In horses there are about 600 pairs of interleaved laminae: the epidermal laminae attached to the hoof wall and the dermal laminae attached to the coffin bone (a.k.a. PIII, P3, the third phalanx, pedal bone, or distal phalanx).
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