Bullfrog Dissection Review

Bullfrog Dissection Review

You will have to identify the following structures on the bullfrog:

eustachian tube openings	vomerine teeth	tongue	egg mass
glottis	heart	large intestine	external nares
liver	oviducts	fat bodies	tympanum
gall bladder	lungs	stomach	cloaca
maxillary teeth	small intestine	external oblique muscle	gastrocnemius muscle
rectus abdominus muscle	pectoralis muscles	linea alba	mylohoid muscle
triceps muscle	gracilis major muscle	latissimus dorsi muscle	temporal muscle
Achilles' tendon	longissimus dorsi muscle

Be able to identify the following for Bullfrog Lab Exam:

1. Know the scientific name of the bullfrog we dissected in class.

2. Describe the functions of the following internal organs:

*large intestine

*liver

*kidneys

*small intestine

*spleen

3. Describe the two ways to identify a bullfrog's sex by external observations.

4. Identify the differences between a human heart and a bullfrog's heart.

5. Identify the Kingdom, Phylum, Class, and Order taxonomic distinctions of the common bullfrog.

6. Describe the tadpole. Include the where it lives, and how it gets its oxygen.