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Frogs/ Amphibians
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Term | Definition |
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Hybernation | When animals become inactive during the winter time |
Estivation | When animals become inactive during the summer time |
Skin | A respiratory organ for the frog that is not the lungs |
Vomerine | Two teeth in the roof of the frog's mouth |
Nictitating Membrane | A transparent eyelid that protects the frogs eye |
Kidney | Organ that removes wastes from the blood |
Ailamentary Canal | Another name for the frog's digestive tract |
Tympanic | A membrane that the frog uses for hearing |
Eustacian Tube | Frog's eartube |
Mesentery | membrane that holds organs in place |
Gallbladder | Stores bile |
Colon | Another name for the frog's large intestine |
Pyloric Sphinctor | Valve at the bottom end of the stomach |
Maxillary | Small teeth all around the frog's upper part of the mouth |
Gullet | Opening to the esophagus |
Glottis | Opening that lets air in |
Vocal Sac Openings | Allows male frogs to call the females during mating season |
Anura | Amphibian group without tails that can jump; frogs |
Urodella | Tailed Amphibians that can't jump; salamanders |
Apoda | legless Amphibians; caecillians |