Frog Dissection

What is the first step when prepping your frog for dissection?

• Make a vertical cut through the skin using the scalpel
• Make a horizontal cut through the skin using the scalpel
• Pin each of the specimen's legs down using the surgical pins
• Open the flaps of skin using the surgical tweezers

What type of incision do you make first when using the surgical scissors or the scalpel?

• a vertical incision through the skin
• a horizontal incision through the skin
• a vertical incision through the muscle
• a horizontal incision through the muscle

TRUE/FALSE: When completing a dissection you should be respectful of your lab partners but not the specimen.

• TRUE
• FALSE

How do you get the flaps of skin and muscle to stay out of the way while you are exploring the organs? 

• Cut them off with the surgical scissors
• Pin them back with surgical pins
• Sew them together using surgical sutures
• They do not have to be out of the way while you are exploring the organs

What's the first organ you remove from the specimen once you have it open?

• Heart
• Lungs
• Fat body
• Liver

Which is the largest organ with 3 lobes seen here?

• The heart
• The liver
• The stomach
• The spleen

Which dissection instrument is seen here and used to make surgical incisions?

• Surgical Tweezers
• Surgical 
• Surgical Pins
• Scalpel

Which dissection instrument is seen here and used to move organs around?

• Surgical Tweezers
• Surgical Pins
• Scalpel
• Surgical blade handle

Which dissection instrument is seen here and used to explore the specimen?

• Surgical Tweezers
• Surgical Pins
• Surgical Probes
• Surgical Scalpel

TRUE/FALSE: You can tell the sex of your frog by looking at it's thumb pads. If your frog has a large thumb pad, it is a male. 

• TRUE
• FALSE