| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Amphibia | Members of the class of amphibian, need water for reproduction |
| External Nares | Nostrils (passage to outside and inside of mouth) |
| Tympani | Eardrums receptor cells, sensitive |
| Nictitating Membrane | The third eyelid which is transparent used for protection when feeding (sharks) |
| Vomerine Teeth | 2 little teeth in the middle of the roof of the mouth |
| Maxillary teeth | Teeth on the side of the mouth, securing prey |
| Pharynx | Muscular throat that has 3 passage ways into Glottis (air), Esophagus: food ,Eustachian Tubes : Ears |
| Internal Nares | Passage in mouth openings to the nostrils |
| Esophagus | The tube in which food is swallowed |
| Glottis | Opening in which air enters |
| Larynx | Voice box |
| Eustachian Tubes | (2) Connect the pharynx to the ear |
| Digestive System | More complex than the earthworm! (contains digestive track and glands) |
| Stomach | Stores and churns food and secretes enzymes |
| Small Intestine | Location of absorption of nutrients into the blood stream, where digestion takes place. |
| Liver | Produces Bile ( assists in digestion) |
| Gallbladder | Stores Bile (assists in digestion) |
| Pancreas | produces a pancreatic juice that also helps in digestion |
| Large Intestine | Contains indigestible materials to the opening (cloaca for removal) |
| Cloaca | Common exit passageway used by the reproductive system, digestive system and excretory system |
| Lungs | Used in the respiratory system, hollow sacs w/I thin walls containing capillaries |
| Capillaries | Microscopic blood vessels which materials pass into and out of blood |
| Atria | 2 Receiving chambers for blood ...get the blood from veins |
| Circulatory System | Heart, Blood vessels and Blood |
| Arteries | Blood vessel which carry blood away from the heart throughout the body |
| Kidneys | Organ's that excrete urine |
| Ureter | A tube which urine passes into the bladder (storage sac for urine) |
| Ventricle | 1 Sending chamber in the heart |
| Urinary Bladder | Sac that stores urine until it passes out of the body through the cloaca. |
| Testes | Produce sperm |
| Sperm | Male sex cells |
| Sperm Ducts | Transport Sperm to the cloaca |
| Ovaries | Produce Eggs: female sex cells, are transported to the oviducts and then into the uteri |
| Uteri | Transport eggs lastly to the Cloaca : used to deposit eggs out side of the body |
| Voluntary Muscles | Frog's brain can control, involves both Flexors and Extensors. |
| Flexors | Contractions : shorten muscles |
| Extensors | Lengthen muscles |
| External Fertilization | Eggs are released into water and the male covers the eggs with sperm, externally in the outside environment |
| Exoskeleton | Unlike the earthworm: spinal cord, appendages and bones |
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