Abstract
Anatomical and Histological Features of the Gastrointestinal Tract in the Nile Crocodile, (Crocodylus Niloticus) with Special reference to its Arterial Blood Supply
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Abstract | The present study was investigated the anatomical features of the gastrointestinal tract in the Nile crocodile with detailed information about its arterial blood supply
The Nile crocodile considered as one species of reptiles having a greater detectible variation in their gastrointestinal tract, making veterinary diagnostics difficult (Mitchell and Diaz-Figueroa, 2005)
Reptiles considered as useful simulations for studding the regulation of gastrointestinal tract; they have extreme regulatory responses to feeding so they are better than experimental mammalian models (Secor and Diamond, 1998).The alimentary tract of crocodile reptiles is similar to that of higher vertebrates except for some structures showing adaptive modifications according
Summary
Abstract | The present study was investigated the anatomical features of the gastrointestinal tract in the Nile crocodile with detailed information about its arterial blood supply. There are little attention in the literature about descriptive anatomy of digestive system of the Nile crocodile and its arterial blood supply, the objective of this study was presenting the anatomical and histological structures of gastrointestinal tract, including the distribution of its arteries with a defined nomenclature to improve the present information and to compare our findings with the other reptiles. This data was useful for learning the functional physiology of the digestive process. This knowledge would be necessary for veterinary medical diagnosis and medical experimentation (Vander Merwe and Kotze, 1993)
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