Name Adam Period ___343________

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 Amphibia

5. Why are frogs said to have two lives?

Amphibian means two lives frogs begin their life in the water in an egg and then tadpoles and when
they are fully developed they live on land

6. How are amphibians different from reptiles?

They have a different structure of their outer skin

7. What are 3 adaptations that frogs have that make them amphibians?
They can live on either land or water
No scales
Lay eggs in water

8. Listtwo ways in which tadpoles (immature frogs) and frogs differ from each other?
Tadpoles have gills frogs have lungs
Tadpoles have fins and tails frogs have arms and legs

External Anatomy
9. Dorsal means?of,relating to,or situated on the back,or dorsum

10. V
entral means?of or relating to the venter or belly,abdominal

11. A
nterior means?situated at the front of;fore

12. P
osterior means?situated at the rear of;hinder

13. Head means?the upper part of the body of body in humans,joined to the trunk by the
neck,containing the brain,eyes,ears,mouth,and nose

14. T
orso means?the trunk of the body

15. Frog lungs are poorly developed. How does this relate to their skin being thin and moist?
When a frog is out of air,mucus glands in the skin keep the frog moist, which help absorb dissolved
oxygen from the air

16. N
ame 2 ways forelimbs are different than hind limbs.
 hind limbs tend to be sturdier,stronger and longer
Less stronger than the hind legs.

Critical Thinking Questions

17. Frogs produce a huge number of babies at one time WHY do you think this is (HINT: Finding
Nemo)? Just incase one or more dies

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 to catch bugs

Instructions for Internal Anatomy

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

Fgylfga.fdgy

A esophagus

C stomach

D pancreas

H lungs

I heart

J liver

K gallbladder

L Large intestines

M Small intestines