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Frog Dissection Pre-Lab Quiz
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Which side of the frog is the ventral side?
2. Where are the hind legs located?
3. Where are the forelegs located?
4. Just behind the eyes on the frog’s head is a circular structure called the tympanic
membrane. What is the tympanic membrane used for?
5. How many sets of teeth do frogs have?
6. True or False. Frogs chew their food before swallowing the same way that humans do.
7. When you place the frog in the dissecting tray you must place it which side up? Dorsal
or ventral?
8. When you cut your frog to view the internal organs, you will make two cuts, a midline cut
and two transverse cuts. What does the term “transverse” mean?
9. What might your frog’s body be filled with if it is a female?
10. Which organ is the largest structure in the frog’s body?
11. What might be found in the frog’s stomach after you cut it open?
12. The frog has two organ systems combined into one and is called the urogenital system.
Which two organ systems make up the urogenital system?
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13. Testes and oviducts are two of the many organs found in the urogenital system. Testes
are found only in ______________ frogs while oviducts are found only in
_____________ frogs.