Transcript Frog Notes

Frog Notes
Frog Life Cycle
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Fertilized egg
Tadpole hatches
Tadpole eats algae and breathes with gills
Hind legs grow first
Fore (front) legs grow second
Tail /gills are absorbed
Lungs have formed
Adult frog
Frog parts
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Tongue: used to catch
food
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Vertebra: bones which
protect the nerve column
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Nostril: used for breathing
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Tympanic membrane: Like
an ear
Esophagus: tube which
carries food from the
mouth to the stomach.
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Fore foot: the front foot,
used for grasping during
mating
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Stomach: Mashes the food
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Liver: produces bile and
filters poisons from the
blood
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Hind foot: the back foot,
used for jumping and
swimming
Frog Parts Continued
Small Intestine: where
digested food enters the
blood
 Large Intestine: forms
feces from undigested
food
 Gall Bladder: Stores extra
bile
 Kidneys: collects waste
and forms urine
 Bladder: Stores urine
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Heart: pumps blood
Lungs: where oxygen enters
the blood
Skin: protects frog and
absorbs oxygen
Eye: to see
Cloaca: hole for waste to
leave the frog