Frog Biology

Another name for the eardrum

• Tympanic Membrane

• Eustachian Tubes

• Nictitating Membrane

• Nares

Connect the mouth and the tympanic membrane, helps frogs equalize pressure while swimming

• Cloaca

• Eustachian Tubes

• Nictitating Membrane

• Nares

Eyelid that constantly covers the eye

• Glottis

• Eustachian Tubes

• Nictitating Membrane

• Nares

Slit-like opening to the lungs

• Glottis

• Pharynx

• Nictitating Membrane

• Nares

Teeth lining the top jaw

• Maxillary Teeth

• Vomerine Teeth

• Mandible

• Nares

2 cone shaped teeth located in the middle of the top jaw

• Maxillary Teeth

• Vomerine Teeth

• Mandible

• Eustachian Tubes

Used for smelling mates and breathing

• Tongue

• Nares

• Nuptial Pad

• Nictitating Membrane

Organ found in the curve of the stomach; secretes digestive enzymes into the stomach

• Spleen

• Liver

• Pancreas

• Gallbladder

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Sac that stores bile

• Spleen

• Liver

• Large Intestine

• Gallbladder

Largest organ in the abdominal cavity; produces bile

• Kidneys

• Liver

• Large Intestine

• Stomach