Functions
Exit for urinary, reproductive, and digestive systems, also an entry.
What is the cloaca?
Number of heart chambers...
What is three?
The transparent membrane that covers the frog's eyes is the
What is the nictitating membrane?
food passes from the stomach to this...
What is the small intestine?
stores energy during hibernation
What are fat bodies?
Thin membrane that covers the eye
What is the nictitating membrane?
Located above the kidneys; only found in male frogs
What are the testes?
The membrane that functions as an eardrum
What is the tympanic membrane?
Lower chamber of the frog's heart
What is the ventricle?
filters fluid from the blood, as well as toxins
What are the kidneys?
Small slits through which the frog can breathe.
What are the nares?
The sharp teeth located around the edge of the mouth of the frog
What is the maxillary teeth?
The two small projections in the roof of the mouth that frog's use to hold prey
What are the vomerine teeth?
first portion of the small intestine
What is the duodenum?
The fertilized eggs which are clumped together in groups
What is the spawn?
Opening in the mouth, passageway for food
What is the esophagus?
Largest organ of the frog, has three lobes
What is the liver?
Equalized pressure in the inner ear when the frog is breathing
What are the eustachian tubes?
Stores the urine
What is the urinary bladder?
The class to which frogs and toads belong
What is Amphibia?
The process by which a tadpole becomes a frog:
What is metamorphosis?
Long tube that carries the eggs in a female frog
What is the oviducts?
Known as the opening into the respiratory system, also allows breathing and vocalization
What is the glottis?
stores bile
What is the gall bladder?
The anatomical view where the specimens belly is viewed.
What is the ventral view?