Frog Dissection
Fall 2000
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Frog legs
•Hindlegs are strong and
muscular because they are
used for jumping
•Forelegs provide balance
and cushion the frog when it
lands after jumping
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Frog Toes
Fingers
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Toes
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Frog Eye
• The frog has large bulging eyes
• The frog has 3 eyelids
– 2 outer ones are the color of the frog’s body
and do not move
– 3rd eyelid is a transparent membrane that
protects the eye while permitting the frog to
see under water
• It also keeps the eye moist when the frog is on land
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Eardrum and External Nares
• Behind the eye is the circular eardrum
• 2 openings in the nasal cavity-external
nares are found toward the tip of the snout
– These will close when the frog is under water
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The Frog
Eye
Nasal
Openings
Eardrum
forelegs
hindlegs
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Frog Skin
• Smooth, moist, and thin
• Frog can breathe directly through skin as
well as with lungs
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Coloration
• Notice the difference in coloring between
the belly and the rest of the frog’s body
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Frog Tongue
• Attached to the front of the mouth
• Sticky- used to catch insects
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Frog Teeth
• Ridges along the inside of upper jaw are
maxillary teeth
• 2 vomerine teeth are located toward the
front of the upper jaw
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Gullet & Eustachian tubes
• The gullet (throat) is the wide opening that
leads to the esophagus
• On both sides of the gulled near the jaw
hinges are openings to the Eustachian tube.
– These lead to the eardrum
Gullet
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Frog Mouth
Gullet
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Female with eggs
A female frog has ovaries which are easily identifiable if engorged with eggs.
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Male
The male's testes are a bright orange color.
Testes
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Liver
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Gall Bladder
40
38
44. Gall bladder
42
43
39
•
Greenish sac
attached to the
liver
•
It stores bile,
which breaks
down fats during
digestion
44
56
55
50
46
52
51
49
47
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Stomach
•Below the liver
•Large and white
•On the right side
as you look at the
frog
•Connects
esophagus to the
small intestine
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Small Intestines- absorbs nutrients
• The straight part of the small intestine is
called the duodenum
• The coiled section is the ileum
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Mesentery & Ileum
• The coils of the ileum are connected by
thin, transparent membranes called
mesenteries.
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Large Intestine
• The small intestine widens to form the large intestine.
• The lower portion of the large intestine is called the cloaca.
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Pancreas
• In the mesentery along the inner curve of
the stomach is the pancreas.
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Spleen
40
38
49. Spleen
42
•
In the mesentery
of the coiled part
of the small
intestine
•
Reddish,
spherical
structure
43
39
44
56
55
50
46
52
51
49
47
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Lungs
• 2 Lungs
– Reddish-brown saclike structures
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Frog Heart
• 3 chambers
– 2 upper chambers- right and left atria
– Lower chamber- ventricle
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Kidney
•2 dark-red kidneys attached to the back wall of the abdominal
cavity
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Urinary Bladder
52. Urinary bladder
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Urinary bladder
empties into the
cloaca
•
Ureters-tubes
leading from each
kidney to the
bladder
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Frog internals- female
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
51.
52.
58.
59.
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Stomach
Small intestine
Large intestine
Pancreas
Spleen
Fat bodies
Urinary bladder
Ovary
Oviduct
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Internal Organs
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Metamorphosis
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