Internal Anatomy

Question 1

Esophagus

Answer 1

Tube that connects the mouth and the stomach in a frog.

Question 2

Stomach

Answer 2

Stores food and mixes it with enzymes to begin digestion

Question 3

Small Intestine

Answer 3

The principal organ of digestion and absorption of digested food

Question 4

Pancreas

Answer 4

Gland which secretes digestive enzymes

Question 5

Gall Bladder

Answer 5

Gland which secretes digestive enzymes

Question 6

Large Intestine

Answer 6

Posterior organ of the digestive system which stores undigested food.

Question 7

Liver

Answer 7

Secretes bile

Question 8

Heart

Answer 8

Pumping organ of the circulatory system (has 3 chambers)

Question 9

Ventricle

Answer 9

Chamber of a frog’s heart that pumps blood out of the heart to the lungs and other parts of the body

Question 10

Spleen

Answer 10

Organ in the frog’s circulatory system that makes, stores, and destroys blood cells.

Question 11

Kidneys

Answer 11

organs in the frog’s excretory or urogenital system that filter the blood and remove the wastes to make urine.

Question 12

Urinary Bladder

Answer 12

The organ that collects and stores urine until released.

Question 13

Ovaries

Answer 13

Organs of the female reproductive system that produce the eggs.

Question 14

Oviducts

Answer 14

Tubes of a female frog’s reproductive system that carry eggs from the ovaries to the cloaca.

Question 15

Right Atrium

Answer 15

Chamber of the frogs heart which receives blood from the sinus venosus.

Question 16

Left Atrium

Answer 16

The chamber of the heart that receives blood from the lungs.

Question 17

Fat Bodies

Answer 17

Masses of fat in the body cavities of frogs. Needed for hibernating and mating

Question 18

Mesentery

Answer 18

Supporting mesentery membrane which holds the intestine in place.