Lab: Frog Anatomy Flashcards
What is #1? Function?
External Nares; help frog breathe
What is #2? Function?
Internal Nares; help frog breathe
What is #3? Function?
Nictitating Membrane; protects eyes when swimming and eating (3rd eyelid)
What is #4? Function?
Tympanic Membrane; receives sound input from environment
What is #5? Function?
Eustachian Tube; Equalizes inner ear pressure
What is #6? Function?
Skin; drinking and respiration
What is #7? Function?
Cloaca; common exit for digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems
What is #8? Function?
Nuptial Pad; Helps male grasp the female during mating
What is #9? Function?
Webbed Feet; propel frogs thru water when swimming
What is #10? Function?
Sartorious; works to flex thigh and calf of leg
What is #11? Function?
Adductor Magnus; adducts/pulls thigh inward toward other leg
What is #12? Function?
Semitendinosus; adducts/extends thigh and flexes knee
What is #13? Function?
Gracilis Major; extends thigh and flexes shank
What is #14? Function?
Pectoralis; adducts forelimbs so frogs can grasp limbs or partner
What is #15? Function?
Deltoid; adducts forelimb toward midline
What is #16? Function?
Rectus Abdominus; contracts abdomen
What is #17? Function?
Obliquus Externus; Allows from the twist abdomen side to side
What is #18? Function?
Xiphisternum; forms junction of rib and breastplate; muscles attach
What is #19? Function?
Tongue; Retrieves prey and brings to mouth
What is #20? Function?
Mandible; lower jaw, captures food
What is #21? Function?
Maxilla; mastication, grasping prey
What is #22? Function?
Vomerine Teeth; located on roof of mouth used to grasp prey
What is #23? Function?
Retractor Bulbi; contract to push food down esophagus; located under eye
What is #24? Function?
Esophagus; carries food from mouth to stomach using peristalsis
What is #25? Function?
Stomach; mechanically breaks down food and stores it
What is #26? Function?
Intestine; chemical digestion and absorption of nutrients
What is #27? Function?
Pancreas; makes insulin to regulate blood sugar
What is #28? Function?
Liver; makes bile and filters blood of toxins