Title: Reptiles morphology-importance in the veterinary medicine

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Abstract

In the veterinary medicine, exotic animal species such as reptiles have an increasing importance. Understanding their morphology is also the foundation for the use of drugs, surgical procedures and other veterinary procedures. Therefore, it is important to know the the variety of their body regions as to the locomotion, skeleton construction and musculature; fundamental differences in construction of digestion duct because of different ways of feeding, breathing and construction of respiratory organs due to their lifestyle (in water or on earth); construction of urinary and reproductive system; heart and blood vessels, particularly the relevant ones for blood taking; central and peripheral nerve systems and their accessibility for local anaesthesia; the endocrine system for understanding the reproduction and adaptation to the environment; the sensory organs and their build in relation to lifestyle and adaptation to the environment and also skin texture to understand their adaptation to the environment.