Dissection Terms
A term meaning identical on both sides
What is symmetrical?
Here, food is received from the esophagus, and mixed with digestive juices to further break down the food.
What is the stomach?
It is found within the coelom, and has 3 chambers: 2 atria and 1 ventricle. It pumps blood throughout the body.
What is the heart?
Located within the skull, main part of the central nervous system.
What is the brain?
Located dorsally within the coelom, and they handle waste filtration.
What are the kidneys?
A term meaning the front side of the body
What is ventral?
The muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
Are blood vessels that bring blood toward the heart.
What is the veins?
Extend from the spinal cord, and transmit signals throughout the frog’s body.
What is the nerves?
Located below the large intestine, and connects the ureters to the cloaca. It is the reservoir for urine
What is the (urinary) bladder?
A term meaning the posterior side of the body
What is dorsal?
It is located beside/below the stomach. It is a long tube that continues digestion and absorption of nutrients from the stomach.
What is the small intestine?
Blood vessel that brings deoxygenated blood away from the heart towards the lungs to become oxygenated.
What is the pulmonary artery?
Connects to the brainstem and extends through the vertebral column. It relays sensory information from the body to the brain, and transmits motor information from the brain to the body.
What is the spinal cord?
The gonad of the frog as it produces eggs, and it is located near the kidneys.
What is the ovary?
A term meaning the central vertical axis
What is the midline
It produces bile that breaks down fats during digestion.
What is the liver?
Is the lower chamber of the heart that collects deoxygenated and oxygenated blood from the right and left atria, respectively.
What is the ventricle?
Located under the cerebellum on the ventral side of the brain. It is responsible for subconscious and involuntary movements like reflexes, heart rate, and hormone production.
What is the hypothalamus?
The gonad of the frog as it produces sperm, and it is located near the kidneys.
What is the testes?
What is an incision?
A small greenish organ located under the liver. It stores bile produced by the liver, and releases it into the duodenum to help with digestion of fats.
What is the gallbladder?
Veins that bring deoxygenated blood from the lower body to the sinus venosus.
The posterior part of the brainstem, and it regulates involuntary functions like breathing, heart rate, and digestion.
What is the medulla oblangata?
Tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder. In males, they are also called urogenital ducts as they also carry sperm from the testes to the cloaca.