BODY CAVITY AND INTERNAL ORGANS

Objectives:
At this exercise, the students should be able to:

• Expose and examine the body cavity of the frog, its peritoneum, derivatives and internal
organs.
Materials:

• Preserved frog
• Dissecting pan
• Dissecting set
• Colored pins
Results
A. Complete the label of the cross section and internal organs of the frog.

VENTRICLE OF HEART

LIVER ESOPHAGUS

STOMACH

OVARY
SMALL INTESTINE

FAT

LARGE INTESTINE
SPLEEN

CLOACA
 LUNGS

CONUS ARTERIOSIS

HEART
LIVER
GALL BLADDER
STOMACH

SMALL INTESTINE PANCREAS

MESENTERY SPLEEN

BLADDER LARGE INTESTINE

CLOACA

FAT OVARY

TESTE OVIDUCTS

KIDNEYS

CLOACA
BLADDER
 NICTATING MEMBRANE NOSTRILS

TYMPANIC MEMBRANE MAXILLARY TEETH

VOMARINE TEETH

EUSTACHIAN TUBE

ESOPHAGUS
TONGUE
GLOTTIS

B. Answer the following completely.

1. Differentiate the following terms.
a. Omentum and mesentery
- Mesentery is the support tissue that the intestine is rooted into and the
omentum is a fatty blanket that hangs down in front of all of the intestines.
b. Visceral peritoneum and parietal peritoneum
- Pariental peritoneum is that lines the abdominal and pelvic cavities. Those
cavities are also known as the peritoneal cavity. Visceral peritoneum covers the
external surfaces of most abdominal organs, including the intestinal tract.
c. Pleural cavity and peritoneal cavity
- Peritoneal cavity is found within the abdominal & pelvic body cavities. Pleura-
two pleural cavities are found within the thoracic cavity. Visceral pleura is also
called pulmonary pleura.
2. Identify whether the following organs are lined with visceral peritoneum or parietal
peritoneum.
VISCERAL PERITONEUM a. Outer lining of the lungs
PARIENTAL PERITONEUM b. Inner lining of the body walls
VISCERAL PERITONEUM c. Outer lining of the stomach
VISCERAL PERITONEUM d. Ventral lining of the kidney
PARIENTAL PERITONEUM e. Lining of the body cavity
3. Give at least 3 organs which are not visible on the ventral side of the coelomic cavity.
a. Testes
b. Mesonephric duct
c. Kidney
4. Give at least 5 organs that are visible on the ventral side of the coelom.
a. Liver
b. Heart
c. Small intestine
d. Large intestine
e. Stomach