Bones of Frog and Mudpuppy: Concept Questions Flashcards
What bones of the mudpuppy fuse in the frog?
Frontal and parietal
What bones contain teeth on the mudpuppy?
Vomer, premaxilla, pterygoid, dentary
What bones contain teeth on the frog?
Premaxilla, Maxilla, dentary
What bone, on the external of the mudpuppy, is absorbed into the head of the frog?
Vomer
What bones surround the atlas spine of the frog?
Occipital condyles
What bones surround the atlas spine of the mudpuppy?
Exoccipitals
What bone is T-shaped on the side of the frog skull, and attaches to the cranium?
Squamosal
How does the hopping frog pectoral girdle differ from the climbing frog?
The hopping frog has extra cartilage on the coracoid for cushioning, and attached clavicles.
What bone lies in the centre of the frog skull and runs cranial-caudal?
Parasphenoid
What bones and cartillage are in the pectoral girdle of the mudpuppy?
coracoid cartillage, procoracoid cartilage, suprascapular cartilage, scapula, humerus, radia and ulna, carpals, metacarpals, phalanges.
What bones are in the pectoral girdle of the frog?
Suprascapula, scapula, coracoid, clavicle, humerus, radioulna, carpals, metacarpals, phalanges
What bones are in the pelvic girdle of the frog?
ischium, sacral vertebra, ilium, urostyle, femur, tibiofibula, tarals, metatarsals, phalanges.
Now, name all the bones in the skull of the frog!
vomer, stapes, parasphenoid, occipital condyles, typanic ring, quadratojugal, squamosal, frontoparietal, dentary, angulosplenial, nasal, premaxilla, maxilla, nasal, pterygoid.
Now, name all the bones in the skull of the mudpuppy!
Frontal, parietal, quadrate, pterygoid, parasphenoid, premaxilla, vomer, prootic, exoccipitals, opisthiotic, squamosal, parachordal
What part of the spine inserts into the previous spine?
prezygapophysis
