Cristian Martonos, DVM, MSC, PHD

Associate Professor of Anatomy

Born on February 10, 1987, Romania, Dr. Cristian Martonos was enrolled as veterinary student in 2006. He graduated Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Cluj-Napoca, Romania in 2012 with very good results. After graduation he received a DVM Title.

In 2012 he started a PhD program in the field of Normal and Pathological Morphology. He completed his PhD studies and defended the theses in 2016 and received the PhD degree in Normal and Pathological Morphology from the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Since 2012 until 2022, he was Lecturer and Assistant Professor at the Anatomy Department of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. With an experience of 10 years in teaching Anatomy, he is the first author of 21 publications and the co-author for the 80 publications, focused on morphology. Also, he is co-author for 2 anatomy manuals written for students.

EDUCATION

University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania, DVM, MSC, PHD

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Veterinary Morphology, Arterial System, Auditory ossicles in wild animals

PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS

Books:

Gudea Alexandru, Martonos Cristian. Veterinary Anatomy: The Central Nervous System, Ed. AcademicPres (2024), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, ISBN 978-630-309-023-8, National Library of Romania, Language - English.

Gudea Alexandru, Dezdrobitu Cristian, Martonos Cristian, Stan Florin, coord.: Damian Aurel. Veterinary Anatomy. The Cardiocirculatory System, Ed. AcademicPres (2018), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, ISBN: 978- 973-744-686-2, National Library of Romania, Language - English.

Stan Florin, Martonos Cristian. The Anatomy of the Domestic Animals: Splanchnology, AcademicPres (2016), Cluj-Napoca, România, ISBN 978-973-744-525-4. National Library of Romania, Language - Romanian.

Peer-Reviewed Articles:

Martonos C.O., Kehl M., Blagojevic M., Nesic I., Stan F.G., Cocan D., Gudea A.I., Anatomical and morphometrical approaches on the auditory ossicles in European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus), Front. Vet. Sci. Sec. Zoological Medicine Vol. 12, 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fvets.2025.1609738.

Martonos C.O., Gudea A.I., Rawlins G., Stan F.G., Lațiu C., Dezdrobitu C.C., Morphological, Morphometrical and Radiological Features of the Pelvic Limb Skeleton in African Green Monkeys (Chlorocebus sabaeus) from Saint Kitts and Nevis Islands, Animals (2025), 15(2), 209; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15020209.

Martonos C.O., Bolfa P., Nagy A.L., Hilchie D., Little W.B., Dezdrobitu C.C., Gudea A.I., Morphological, Histological and Morphometrical Aspects of Auditory Ossicles in Pig Fetuses (Sus scrofa domestica). Animals 2025, 15, 1129. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15081129.

Martonos C.O., Gudea A.I., Little W.B., Stan F.G., Latiu C., Bolfa P., Dezdrobitu C.C., The Gross Anatomical and Histological Features of the Humerus in African Green Monkeys (Chlorocebus sabaeus) from Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Indies. Life (2024), 14, 1295. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14101295.

Martonos C.O., Little W.B., Lațiu C., Gudea A.I., Stan F.G., Dezdrobitu C.C., Morphological and Morphometrical Features of the Scapula in Chlorocebus Sabaeus from Saint Kitts and Nevis Islands. Rev Rom Med Vet (2024) 34 | 1: 85-94 ISSN: 1220-3173; E-ISSN: 2457-7618 https://agmv.ro/vol-34-nr-1-2024/.

C. Martonos, A. Gudea, G. D’Amico, F. Stan & T. Stroe (2022) Morphological and morphometrical anatomy of the auditory ossicles in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), The European Zoological Journal, 89:1, 1094-1103, DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2022.2113158.

Alexandru Gudea, Cristian Martonos, Călin Cosma, Florin Stan, Morphological Characteristics of a Horse Discovered in an Avar-Period Grave from Sâncraiu de Mureș (Alba County, Romania), Animals Vol.12(4).
Mariana Tătaru, Florin Stan, Cristian Olimpiu Martonos, Adrian Gal, Sorin Marian Mârza, Robert Cristian Purdoiu, Radu Lăcătuș, Aurel Damian, Cosmin Șonea, Vioara Mireșan, Ionel Papuc, Morphology of the mammary gland in romanian buffalo, Anatomia Histologia Embryologia 51 (2), pp.250-258.

Martonos, CO; Gudea, A; Damian, A; Lacatus, R; Purdoiu, R; Cocan, D; Stan, FG, Morphological and morphometrical aspects of the auditory ossicles in goat (Capra hircus), ANATOMIA HISTOLOGIA EMBRYOLOGIA Volume: 50 Issue: 1 Pages: 184-191.

Martonos C, Gudea A, Damian A, Rus V, Gal A, Chirilean I, Dezdrobitu C, Irimie A, Stan F. Morphological and morphometrical aspects of the auditory ossicles in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), Proceedings of the 33rd Virtual Conference of the European Association of Veterinary Anatomists, 28th-30th July 2021, Volume 51, Issue S1.

C. Martonos, A. Gudea, Dalma Pivariu, A. Damian, I.T. Bud, F. Stan, Epoxy-Acid Corrosion Cast Method For Macro Anatomical Aspects Of The Coronary Arteries In Donkeys (Equus Asinus L.), Rev Rom Med Vet (2021) 31 | 3: 34-40.

C. Martonos, A. Gudea, V. Rus, V. Miclăuș, A. Damian, D. Pivariu, A.F. Gal, F. Stan, Morphological Aspects Of The Common Carotid Artery In Turcana Lambs, Rev Rom Med Vet (2021) 31 | 4: 29-35.

C. O. Martonos, A. Damian, G. Alexandru, M. Viorel, V. Rus & F. G. Stan, Morphological and morphometrical aspects of intima and media of the common, external and internal iliac arteries in Chinchilla lanigera (Rodentia, Chinchillidae) bred in captivity,The European Zoological Journal, 87:1, 489-496, DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2020.1815876, WOS:000572159200001.

Florin Stan, Alexandru Gudea, Aurel Damian, Adrian Florin Gal, Ionel Papuc, Alexandru Raul Pop and Cristian Martonos, Ultrasonographic Algorithm for the Assessment of Sentinel Lymph Nodes That Drain the Mammary Carcinomas in Female Dogs, Animals 2020, 10, 2366; doi:10.3390/ani10122366.

Dalma Pivariu, Adrian-Nechita Oros, Flaviu Tabaran, Adrian Gal, Cristian Martonos and Andras-Laszlo Nagy, Intentional Carbofuran poisoning in 7 dogs, BMC VETERINARY RESEARCH Volume: 16 Issue: 1 Article Number: 318 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-020-02534-w, WOS:000567942700001.

Cristian Martonos, Aurel Damian, Alexandru Gudea, Ioan Teodor Bud, Florin Stan, Morphological and morphometrical study of the auditory ossicles in chinchilla, Anat Histol Embryol. ;48:340–345. https://doi.org/10.1111/ahe.12446, 2019, WOS:000475403000008.

C.O. Martonos, A.I. Gudea, A. Damian, V. Miclăuș, V. Rus, F.G. Stan, Some segmental morphological and morphometrical features of the intima and media of the aortic wall in Chinchilla lanigera, Folia Morphol. Vol. 78, No. 4, pp. 729–737 DOI: 10.5603/FM.a2019.0023.

Cristian MARTONOS, Cristian DEZDROBITU, Florin STAN, Aurel DAMIAN, Alexandru GUDEA, Origin, Traject and Distribution of Renal Arteries (Arteriae renalis) in Chinchilla lanigera, Bulletin UASVM Veterinary Medicine 75(1)/2018, Cluj Napoca, Romania, Print ISSN 1843-5270; Electronic ISSN 1843-5378 doi:10.15835/buasvmcn-vm:002517, 2018, pp. 129-130.
Cristian Martonos, Radu Lăcătuș, Daniel Cocan, Florin Stan, Aurel Damian, Teodor Stroe, Cristian Dezdrobitu & Alexandru Gudea, Anatomical and Imagistic Aspects of the Aortic Arch in Chinchilla lanigera, Acta Scientiae Veterinariae, 2018. 46: 1614., RESEARCH ARTICLE Pub. 1614, Journal ISSN: 1679-9216 (Electronic), 1678-0345 (Print), 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.22456/1679-9216.86475, pp.1-6.