Frog Skeletal System

Question 1

Function of the skeleton of the frog

Answer 1

Provide support for the body, protection of the internal organs, and attachment surfaces for muscles

Question 2

What is the skeleton of the frog consist of?

Answer 2

Bony and cartilaginous elements

Question 3

What is cartilage?

Answer 3

It is a tough, elastic connective tissue flounder in the joints, nose, ears, and more. It serves a structural component, providing support and cushioning for these areas.

Question 4

Mandible

Answer 4

Lower jaw

Question 5

Maxilla

Answer 5

Upper jaw

Question 6

Nose bone

Answer 6

Pre-maxilla

Question 7

Found above the nasal

Answer 7

Fronto-parietal

Question 8

Nasal

Answer 8

Front of frog’s head, involves the nostrils

Question 9

Found between the nasal and fronto-parietal

Answer 9

Sphenethmoid

Question 10

Eye socket

Answer 10

Orbital fossa

Question 11

Beside the auditory capsule

Answer 11

Prootic bone

Question 12

Beside the Auditory Capsule, outside the skull in the temporal region/ Jaw movement

Answer 12

Squamosal bone

Question 13

Inside the mouth, in front of the squamosal and auditory capsule, also jaw movement

Answer 13

Pterygoid

Question 14

Location at the posterior of the skull, they connect the skull and neck

Answer 14

Occipital Condyle

Question 15

A hole between the Occipital condyles

Answer 15

Foremen magnum - passageway for the spinal cord

Question 16

Bumps at the posterior of the skull and houses the occipital condyles

Answer 16

Exoccipital

Question 17

Directly connects the mandible and maxilla

Answer 17

Quadrate Cartilage

Question 18

Located beside and outside the squamosal bone

Answer 18

Quadratojugal

Question 19

Parasphenoid

Answer 19

VENTRAL - T-shape Bone

Question 20

a bone located in the roof of the frog’s mouth, helps in swallowing prey

Answer 20

Vomer

Question 21

between the vomer and sphenethmoid

Answer 21

Palatine

Question 22

Location - Foramen for 5 and 7 nerves

Answer 22

Base of Parasphenoid

Question 23

Location - Foramen for 9 and 10 nerves

Answer 23

Beside or on Exoccipital

Question 24

What does the skull consists of?

Answer 24

It consists of the cranium, sense capsules, jaws, large orbits, and hyoid

Question 25

What are the three regions of the frog skull?

Answer 25

cranium, sense capsules, and jaws

Question 26

Three regions of the Sense Capsules

Answer 26

auditory, olfactory, and occipital regions

Question 27

Describe the frog skull

Answer 27

triangular in shape, broad, and dorsoventrally flattened

Question 28

The dorsal part of the cranium is formed by the _____. While the ventral part by the ____, and the lateral sides by the _____ bones.

Answer 28

Frontoparietal bone, Parasphenoid bone, and Sphenethmoid bones.

Question 29

Posterior part of the cranium is the ___

Answer 29

occipital segment

Question 30

The frog skull is ______ due to the presence of paired ______

Answer 30

Dicondylic skull, occipital condyles

Question 31

Atlas

Answer 31

first cervical vertebra and connects with the occipital condyles of the skull

Question 32

Urostyle

Answer 32

Rod-like elongated bone found at the posterior of the vertebra

Question 33

Vertebral column

Answer 33

It has 9 vertebrae, very short due to the absence of a neck and tail, movement is limited to the pelvic girdle for jumping

Question 34

U or V-shaped bone connected to the Urostyle

Answer 34

Pelvic Girdle

Question 35

Sacrum

Answer 35

Wedge shape bone that is made of infused vertebrae bones known as sacral bones

Question 36

Functions of the bones of the limbs

Answer 36

Digging, Swimming, Jumping, Climbing

Question 37

Femur

Answer 37

long bone of the hindlimb connecting the ilium and tibio-fibula

Question 38

Tibio-Fibula

Answer 38

fusion of inner tibia and outer fibula bones

Question 39

Describe the Tarsals

Answer 39

The tarsals are divided into the Calcaneum and Astragalus

Question 40

What are the Calcaneum and Astragalus bones?

Answer 40

Calcaneum (projecting heel bone) and Astragalus (jointed with the leg bones for stability)

Question 41

Metatarsals

Answer 41

Long foot bones reaching the middle part of the foot

Question 42

Phalanges

Answer 42

small bones found in the toes of a frog's hindlimb

Question 43

Wrist bones

Answer 43

Carpals

Question 44

Humerus

Answer 44

Upper arm region, "S" shaped bone

Question 45

Metacarpals

Answer 45

First half of the fingers

Question 46

Radioulna

Answer 46

forearm region

Question 47

Scapula

Answer 47

shoulder blades

Question 48

one half of the pelvic girdle

Answer 48

os-innominatum

Question 49

Deltoid ridge

Answer 49

found below the head of the humerus

Question 50

Elbow joint

Answer 50

Trochlea

Question 51

Name of the bones between the Metacarpals and radio-ulna

Answer 51

Proximal Carpal (close to forearm) and Distal Carpal (Further from forearm)

Question 52

Supra-Scapula

Answer 52

Dorsal or behind the scapula

Question 52

What are the parts of the pectoral girdle?

Answer 52

scapula, supra-scapula, clavicle, coracoid, and sternum

Question 53

Collar bone of the frog

Answer 53

Clavicle

Question 53

found below the clavicle and provides stability to the shoulder region

Answer 53

Coracoid

Question 53

Breast bone

Answer 53

Sternum