Frog Dissection

Question 1

What is the order of the female frog reproductive system?

Answer 1

ovisacs -> oviducts -> cloaca

Question 2

What is another name for the liver?

Answer 2

Lobes

Question 3

Glucagon

Answer 3

Causes blood sugar to rise. Signals liver for release of glycogen (hormone)

Question 4

Testis

Answer 4

Make sperm and produce testosterone

Question 5

Insulin

Answer 5

Signals cells to take in glucose in the bloodstream to maintain blood sugar level (hormone)

Question 6

What does the gall bladder do?

Answer 6

Stores and releases bile, which then goes to the duodenum

Question 7

Oviducts

Answer 7

Carry eggs from ovaries to cloaca

Question 8

Stomach

Answer 8

Mixes up/mushes/breaks down food

Question 9

What does the pancreas do?

Answer 9

Releases hormones for signaling and enzymes to break down proteins

Question 10

Right/Left Kidney

Answer 10

Removal of waste products from blood → produce urine

Question 11

What does the liver do?

Answer 11

Makes biles and stores glycogen

Question 12

Large Intestine (colon)

Answer 12

Absorbs water, get rid of waste products ( → exits thru cloaca)

Question 13

Trypsin

Answer 13

Enzyme that breaks down proteins

Question 14

Ovisacs

Answer 14

Stores eggs

Question 15

Yellow Fat bodies

Answer 15

Helps for insulation and provide nutrition

Question 16

Ileum

Answer 16

Part of small intestine, absorbs nutrients/electrolytes not absorbed by duodenum

Question 17

How does the reproductive system work for male frogs?

Answer 17

The testis produce sperm, which move to the sperm ducts, tubes that carry sperm into the cloaca, and out the body

Question 18

What are the hormones produced by the pancreas?

Answer 18

Trypsin, insulin, glucagon

Question 19

Spleen

Answer 19

Controls level of WBC, RBC and platelets, fights off germs, makes/stores/destroys RBC

Question 20

Duodenum

Answer 20

Part of small intestine, breaks down and absorbs nutrients