What corium produces the periople?

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What corium produces the periople?

The periople is produced by the perioplic corium. The corium is the living tissue that generates the keratinized horn of the hoof, with different regions supplying different parts. The coronary corium forms the horn that becomes the hoof wall, the solar corium under the sole forms the sole horn, and the frog corium makes the horn of the frog. The perioplic corium lies at the proximal edge near the coronet and produces the periople, a soft, waxy layer that protects and covers the growing hoof as it emerges and transitions into the hard wall.

The periople is produced by the perioplic corium. The corium is the living tissue that generates the keratinized horn of the hoof, with different regions supplying different parts. The coronary corium forms the horn that becomes the hoof wall, the solar corium under the sole forms the sole horn, and the frog corium makes the horn of the frog. The perioplic corium lies at the proximal edge near the coronet and produces the periople, a soft, waxy layer that protects and covers the growing hoof as it emerges and transitions into the hard wall.

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