Frog Dissection Lab

Submitted On: June 1, 2015

Submitted to: Ms. Valinho
Submitted By: Isaiah Sacco
Cassidy Santos
Andres Montoya
 Tiago Macedo
1. Observations:
Procedure #7: (labeled picture containing the heart and liver
Procedure #8: (labeled picture of the digestive organs)

Heart

Liver

Procedure #10: (labeled picture of heart, and blood vessels)

Stomach

Small Intestine

Large Intestines
 Heart

Blood
Vessels

The blood vessels are connected to the digestive organs via the liver
and the alveoli. The blood passes through the veins that go through
the liver and the alveoli.

Procedure #11: (labeled picture of the stomach, and small intestines,

and any food contents)
 Stomach

Small Intestines

Contents Include:
Bugs

A.
The surface of the stomach included mainly bugs and the surface of the
stomach looked coated inside with a white like tissue which we assumed to
be muscle tissue for breaking down the food.
B.
Small Intestine: Long in Length/Narrow in Width
Large Intestine: Short in Length/Wide in Width
C.
The frogs heart is different compared to a human heart in terms of its size.
The frog heart is obviously smaller than the human heart. The frogs heart
is also different in terms of the fact that the frogs connects to 2 atria into 1
ventricle, whereas the human heart has a left and right specific for each
oxygenated blood and de-oxygenated blood.
2. Questions
1. a) Tissues- Muscular and Nervous
b) Organs- Liver and Heart
c) Organ Systems- Respiratory and Circulatory

2. a) Mouth -> Pharynx -> Esophagus -> Stomach -> Small Intestine ->
Large intestine -> Cloaca -> Organs such as Liver, Pancreas, and Gall
Bladder.
b) The digestive system starts with the mouth. The frogs have very
weak teeth, so they catch their prey with their tongue. After being caught,
the prey will make its way through the pharynx and, then the esophagus.
After being consumed the prey makes its way to the stomach, once the
prey has reach the small intestine the nutrients, minerals, vitamins, and
sugar will be absorbed. Once reaching the large intestine the water used in
digestion will be recycled. Then the nutrients enter the bloodstream and
heads towards organs such as the liver, pancreas, and gall bladder.

3. a) The frogs digestive and circulatory system connect directly due to

the liver having a hepatic portal system through which pass and come out.
b) For survival, the frog needs nutrients in its body and its food can
supply this. Upon consumption, the food will go down into the digestive
system, where it will then break down. The circulatory systems role, after,
is to take this broken down food and spread it all over the body of the frog,
so it receives its vital nutrients, in the appropriate places. In conclusion, the
two systems work together to break down any consumed food and thus,
spread the nutrients. With this, the frog can survive.

4. For students to better understand the systems and how things work
within an animal, I feel doing the actual dissection on the animal because it
is a hands on experience and gives the student a visual perspective on
how the animal is broken down in terms of systems and functions. I think
both methods are effective in their own ways, but in my opinion the actual
dissection could give better insight on the topic.
3. Inquire Further
The nervous, muscular and respiratory system of a frog all rely on each
other for the survival of the organism. The nervous system will send signals
in order to provide movement of the frog to the muscular system which will
then perform whatever act needs to be carried out by the frog. When the
frog needs to breathe the nervous system will sense that the brain is
lacking oxygen and will send a signal to the lungs that will provide oxygen
to the blood. The respiratory system and the muscular system also work
together because if it were not for the frog's muscles did not function then
the respiratory system could not do its job (if the heart does not pump then
the oxygenated blood cannot be spread throughout the organism)