5/8/13 1 Frogs The Leopard Frog Scientific Name: Rana pipiens What are the frogs preserved in? • The frogs we’ll be dissecting are not in formaldehyde, as what used to be the case. • Why? Is a carcinogen (cancer causing agent) • Instead, they are preserved in formalin - 90% water - 9% propane glycol - 1% ether
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Frogs
The Leopard Frog
Scientific Name: Rana pipiens
What are the frogs preserved in?
• The frogs we’ll be dissecting are not in formaldehyde, as what used to be the case. • Why? Is a carcinogen (cancer causing
agent) • Instead, they are preserved in formalin
- 90% water - 9% propane glycol - 1% ether
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Why frogs??
• First of all, frogs are valuable to man. They eat insects, which keeps the insect population down
• We dissect frogs because their internal anatomy is much like our own.
Dorsal vs. Ventral Side
Dorsal-coarse, moist, dark
Ventral—light, smooth
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Posterior- back end of frog
Anterior- front end of frog
q The frog's powerful hind legs are equally effective in jumping or swimming. On land frogs sit with their hind legs folded against the body, poised to jump at the first sign of danger.
q Most frogs can make leaps many
times their body length.
q The frog’s front legs are used for balance.
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Frogs’ eyes also work equally well in or out of water. Because the eyes bulge out from the head, the frog can stay submerged while literally "keeping an eye out" for predators.
q The frog's thick, moist skin unlike it’s cousin the “toad” whose skin is “dry and warty”.
q serves two important functions— respiration and protection…
q Glands secrete mucus to keep it from drying up.
q Like humans, frogs breathe by using lungs.
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Some glands secrete foul-tasting or poisonous substances that protect the frog from enemies
Some frogs, such as Hyla versicolor, can change color in
called “Nares”. These are both internal and external.
• The eyes of a frog are protected from the water by a structure known as the “nictitating membrane”. They act as goggles.
Nictitating Membrane
q “Nictitating Membrane” q Don’t be fooled, frogs have regular eyelids that
can blink. This protects the frog's eyes from dust and dehydration
q The nictitating membrane is transparent and joins the upper and lower eyelid together, which allows the frog to have goggles as it swims under water.
q This membrane keeps the eyelid moist and protects it when it is under water.
• Frogs are able to hear thanks to a special structure located just behind the eye called the “Tympanic Membrane”.
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Inner ears??????? The tympanic
membrane on the outside of a frog’s head is also connected to the Eustachian tubes on the inside of the frog’s mouth. This equalize the air pressure in the head of the frog.
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