Frog Organs Flashcards
The exit for feces, urine, eggs and whatever else lol
Cloaca
Organ that stores urine
Urinary bladder
Organ that absorbs water and forms feces
Large intestine
Transports eggs to cloaca
Oviducts
Filters waste in blood and produce urine
Kidney
Recycles or removes RBCs and destroys bacteria
Spleen
Digests food and absorbs nutrients
Small intestine
Prevents backflow of food and digestive juices
Pyloric sphincter
Temporarily stores food
Stomach
Stores fats as reserve energy source
Fat bodies
Used for gas exchange or breathing
Lungs
Produces bile
Liver
Pumps blood (which oxygen, nutrients and waste)
Heart
Protects the oral cavity and keeps food in the mouth
Upper and Lower lip fold
Used to capture prey or food
Tongue
Allows air to enter the lungs
Glottis
Allows food to enter esophagus
Esophagus entrance
Equalises pressure for hearing purposes
Eustachian opening
Helps push food down the throat and protect the eyes
Eyeball (orbital) prominence
Allows air to enter from the external nostrils
Internal naris or choana
Helps to grip and maneuver food
Tuberculum prelinguale or tuberculum laterale
Stores bile
Gallbladder
Holds digestive organs in place
Mesentrium
