Download NAME: Frog Dissection – EXTERNAL ANATOMY Use your frog and

NAME:
Frog Dissection – EXTERNAL ANATOMY
Use your frog and laminated instructions to help you complete this work. If you
were absent this day, please use picture provided in class and on class website.
You must still complete this assignment!
1. In the box below, draw your frog (your drawing should take up 90% of the
box! Be sure to include:
Eyes, eardrums, nostrils, details in front and back legs, color
2. Describe the skin of the frog in terms of color and feel AND describe an
additional purpose for the frog’s skin which is why frogs need to live in a
moist environment (complete sentence).
3. Describe the location and position of the eyes and how does this position
help the frog’s survival? (complete sentence)
4. Where are the nostrils located and what advantage does their location
allow?
5. Describe the appearance of the eardrums (tympanic membrane). What
do they do? (complete sentence)
6. How do the hind legs of the frog differ from the front legs? Why is there
a difference? (complete sentence).
7. Describe how the frog’s tongue works and how they use it to capture their
food.
8. Give a few (2-3) more observations about the outside of the frog.
NAME:
Frog Dissection – INTERNAL ANATOMY
DIRECTIONS:
Use the instructions to find out which of these organs does for a
frog – keeping in mind these organs are in a very similar placement and function inside
you,.
Frog Part
Liver and
Gallbladder describe shape
and function
Stomach –
describe what it
does and why it is
so thick walled
Small Intestine –
describe shape
and function
Large Intestine describe shape
and function
Fat Bodies
describe shape
and function
Heart: How many
chambers and
describe how blood
flows through
Lungs what do they
look like and what did
they used to be
Kidneys what do
they look like, where
are they located and
what do they do
What Each Organ Does