William Handy Jr

Biol 1409 I02

Frog Dissection
Procedure -
Complete the frog dissection simulation online and use the images/tables below to take notes
during the simulation.

Label the external parts of the frog below.

Head Dorsal Cloaca

Webbed Feet

Digits Forelimb Hindlimb

Label the internal parts of the frog below.

Stomach
Liver Intestines

Heart

Gall Bladder

Lung Cloaca

Fill in the function of each of the frog’s organs in the table below.

Organ Function Notes

Bladder Stores urine temporarily Urine is secreted through
frogs cloaca
Cloaca Discrete excretory, reproductive, and The anus
urinary systems
Fat bodies Contained stored energy They are required for
hibernation, metamorphosis,
and mating.

Gall bladder Stores bile Releases it when food is in

the duodenum
Heart Pumps blood through the body 3 chambered heart
Kidneys Purify blood by nitrogenous wastes Excretes excess water as
urine
Large intestine Absorbs water passes it on into cloaca for
excretion.

Liver Purify blood by removing CO2 and Can store glucose to live all
absorbing O2 into blood winter without eating
Lungs Gas exchange with the environment Gas exchange through the
 Organ Function Notes
skin when under water
Ovaries Produces ova Can lay 20,000 eggs at a time
Oviducts Carries eggs Ovaries to cloaca to release
Pancreas Produces pancreatic juice Very important for digestion
Spleen Organ of the frog’s circulatory system Stories and destroys RBCs
Stomach For digesting proteins in the body Mixes food well after which
digestion
Small Intestine Absorbs nutrients Connects stomach to large
intestines