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Frog Dissection Pre-lab

Directions: Search American Bullfrog and find the answers to help us prepare for dissection on
Friday.

1. Kingdom: Animalia
2. Phylum: Chordata
3. SubPhylum: Vertebrata
4. Classification: Amphibian

5. Why are frogs said to have two lives? - Frogs begin their lives in water as eggs and tadpoles,
then when they are grown they live on land .

6. How are amphibians different from reptiles? - Amphibians live on water with gills and then on
land with lungs, while reptiles breathe air on land their entire lives.

7. Whatare 3 adaptations that frogs have that make them amphibians?

1. They are cold blooded
2. They breathe through skin and lungs
3. They lay eggs in water
8. List two ways in which tadpoles (immature frogs) and frogs differ from each other?
1. Tadpoles live in the water and frogs live on land
2. Tadpoles have lungs to breathe and frogs have lungs.

External Anatomy
9. Dorsal means? The dorcel is the surface of a bullfrog

10. V
entral means? The underside of a frog

11. A
nterior means? Situated at the front of th ebody

12. P
osterior means? It is an organ that stores undigest

13. H ead means? It is the top of the body.

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14. Torso means? It is the main part of the body from your shoulders to your hips.

15. Frog lungs are poorly developed. How does this relate to their skin being thin and moist? When
frog sare on land mucus glands keep the skin this and moist, which helps absorb dissolved oxygen
from the air.

16. Name 2 ways forelimbs are different than hind limbs. Hind limbs are stronger and longer while
forelimbs are more firmly attached to the spine.

Critical Thinking Questions

17. Frogs produce a huge number of babies at one time WHY do you think this is (HINT: Finding
Nemo)? It is because only a few out of a hundred will reach adulthood.

18. The frogs tongue is anchored in the very front opposite to the orientation and anchoring of
humans. Why do you think this is so? When a frog catches food it throws its tongue out of its
mouth and wraps it around its prey. Then the frogs tonge will snap back and throw the food into the
throat.it

Instructions for Internal Anatomy

Please label these parts. (NOT B, E, F, G, or P as they are not relevant to our studies)

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A Esophagus

C Stomach

D Pancreas

H Lung

I Heart

J Liver

K Gallbladder

L Small Intestine

M Large Intestine