Quiz Wed Flashcards
This is the taking in of food from
the environment into the mouth.
Procurement of food
This is the chewing of food.
Mastication
This is the swallowing of food.
Ingestion
This is the process of breaking down complex food substances by a series of chemical changes.
Digestion
This is the transfer of digested food from the gut of the small intestine to the blood vessel.
Absorption
This is the movement or transport of food substances in the blood vessels to the cell.
Curculation
This is the integration of food substances in the cell
Assimilation
This is the actual use of food for growth, structural maintenance, and the production of the various forms of energy
Utilization
the process of breaking down complex food substances by a series of chemical changes into absorbable form.
Digestion
The processes for digestion to take place
Procurement of food
Mastication
Ingestion
Digestion
Absorption
Circulation
Assimilation
Utilization
Digestive system of the frog is
Complete digestive system
This is also known as the mouth cavity.
Buccal cavity
It is the structure that
receives the food from the external environment
Buccal cavity
These are the many miniature teeth on the upper jaw. These teeth are not for chewing.
Maxillary teeth
These are teeth that are arranged on the winged shaped vomer bone between the internal nares. This is used to hold the food in place.
Vomerine teeth
These are two openings that are connected to the external nares for the entrance of air.
Internal nares
The frog has no palate. True or false
True
These are two openings found at the corner of the mouth which are connected to the cavity of the middle ear under the eardrum
Eustachian tubes
This is a muscular structure which is free and notched at the posterior end and is attached anteriorly. This is also sticky to capture live insects for food.
Tongue
This is found embedded below the tongue.
Hyoid cartilage
This is a cavity or space behind the tongue.
Pharynx
This is a lengthwise slit in the ventral wall of the pharynx Which serves as the entrance of air. This is bounded on each side by the epiglottis.
Glottis
What bounds the glottis?
Epiglottis
This is a muscular structure which is free and notched at the posterior end and is attached anteriorly.
Tongue
This is located posterior to the pharynx which serves as the entrance food.
Esophagus
There are structures that produce croaking sounds; they are only found in male frogs
Vocal sacs