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Frog Dissection

DefinitionDefinition
Nares Nostrils
Nictitating Membrane Provide a protective layer over their eye. (keep stuff from getting in them.
Eye Used to see (almost 180 degrees).
Snout Used to breathe air while floating on the surface of the water and on land.
Trunk Forms walls for the coelom.
Tympanum Used to hear above and below water.
Digits Used to help the frog cling on to wet leaves and other smooth surfaces.
Brachium Upper arm
Antebrachium Providing body support during sitting or walking, and/or the absorption of impact forces during landing.
Colocal Opening Opening of cloaca through which undigested food, urine, eggs, and sperm are passed.
Mouth Traps insect to be eaten.
Dorsolateral it is a way to increase body surface for gas exchange.
Thumb Pad Improve grip on their mates.
Heart Pumps blood to organs throughout the body.
Lungs Help the frog breathe when being active.
Liver Produces most of the plasma proteins and stores valuable commodities.
Gallbladder Stores the bile produced by the liver.
Pancreas Secretes enzymes and passes them into the small intestine which helps in the breakdown of food with insulin.
Stomach Stores food and mixes it with enzymes to begin digestion.
Small Intestine Digests and absorbs digested food.
Large Intestine Store undigested food.
Urinary Bladder Collects and stores urine until released.
Kidneys Excretes urine.
Testes Produces sex cells.
Ovaries Produces eggs.
Oviducts Carries eggs from the ovaries to the cloaca.
Eggs The male releases sperm onto the eggs and fertilizes them. (develop into frogs)
Spleen Makes, stores, and destroys blood cells.
Fat Bodies Energy stores.
Tongue Catches prey.
Volmerine Teeth Grabs onto food with the assistance of the tongue.
Maxillary Teeth Folds prey.
Maxilla The upper jaw (holds captured prey).
Eustachian Tube Opening Equalizes pressure in the inner ear while the frog is swimming.
Vocal Sacs (male) Allows males to call to other frogs.
Glottis Valve controls airflow in and out of the respiratory passages.
Esophagus Allows food to go through the mouth to the stomach.
Are frogs acoelomates, coelomates or pseudocoelomates ? Coelomates
Is fertilization external or internal? External
What is the difference between a cloaca and a anus? The anus excrete undigested waste, The cloaca excretes urine.
What ecological value of frogs ( must have 3). They control the insect population, they are a food source for larger animals and they keep waterways clean.
How many different species of frogs are there? Over 5,000
Describe the methods of respiration for a frog. A frog has three respiratory surfaces on its body that it uses to exchange gas with the surroundings: the skin, in the lungs, and on the lining of the mouth.
What is the difference between a frog and a toad? frogs have longer legs and smooth backs, toads have shorter legs and bumpy backs.
Created by: maryssadrummond
 

 



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