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Frogs Flashcards

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Tympanic membrane

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Location: just behind the eye, circular

Function: senses vibrations, sensitive to species call, hearing

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Nictitating membrane

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Location: eye

Function: covers and protects the eye (NOT eyelid)

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Vomerine teeth

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used for grasping

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Maxillary teeth

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used for chewing

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Tongue

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Location: attached to anterior of floor of the mouth

Function: catching prey

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Brow spot

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located between the eyes on top of head

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Forelimbs vs. hind limbs

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forelimbs in front (arms), hing limbs in back (legs)

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Dorsolateral dermal plica

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two lines running parallel to one another along the frog’s back

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Order of digestion

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mouth, esophagus, stomach, duodenum, small intestine, large intestine, anus

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Stomach

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Location: top of digestive tract

Function: mechanical and chemical digestion of food, contains rugae

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Rugae

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stomach interior, folds that increase the surface area of the stomach for increased absorption efficiency

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Small intestine

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Location: start of intestine after duodenum, pictured on left side

Function: chemical digestion and nutrient absorption

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Large intestine

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Location: toward end of digestive tract, large/wide part of intestine
Function: water absorption and fecal packing

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Pancreas

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Location: centrally located, white finger-like gland (looks like a chicken’s foot)

Function: secretion of digestive juices and insulin

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Gall bladder

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Location: small, dark green sac, centrally located under the liver

Function: holds bile for enzymatic digestion

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Liver

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Location: 3 lobes (right,median, left), at top of body cavity

Function: makes bile, stores carbs, metabolizes fat and other compounds

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Fat bodies

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location: throughout the main body cavity, small yellowish structures

Function: energy storage (lots of them indicates a healthy frog!)

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Spleen

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Location: right side, pictured as purplish, small, next to stomach/under some fat bodies

Function: maintenance of blood

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Heart

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3 chambers (ventricle, R atrium, L atrium)

Function: circulation of blood

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Ventricle

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receives blood from atria, pumping chamber of the heart

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Right atrium

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collecting point of blood from sinus venous

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Left atrium

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collecting point of blood from lungs

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Lungs

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Location: hide behind liver, very weak-looking, gray

Function: site of gas exchange

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Kidneys

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Location: 2, bottom of body cavity

Function: elimination of waste, regulation of internal environment

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Urinary bladder

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Location: very bottom of body cavity

Function: urine storage

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Cloaca

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common chamber receiving the openings of the urinary tract, oviducts/vas deferens, and the intestine

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