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28 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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midline
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medial
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toward the sides of the body
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lateral
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stomach side (sid that faces ground)
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ventral
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across the body horizontally
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transverse
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where the muscle starts, stable end (named often by # of heads or points)
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origin
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where the muscle enters or attaches to the bone, usually more movable end
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insetion
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muscle that bends a joint when it contracts
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flexor
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joint straightens when this muscle contracts
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extensor
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attaches muscle to bone
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tendon
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attaches bone to bone, or helps hold a joint together
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ligament
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circular shaped membrane onf surface of head for hearing
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tympanic membrane
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runs form mouth to the tympanic membrane
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eustachian tube
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keeps eye moist when open, frog can see through this
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nictitating membrane
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-largest organ in frog
-3 lobes(reddish-brown color) -produces digestive enzymes -helps matabolize foood, stores nutrients, and breaks down toxins |
liver
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-underneath liver
-small(normally green) pea shaped -stores bile to aid digestion |
gallbladder
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-pear shaped organ
-whitish to tan color in perserved frog -digestion is function |
stomach
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-connected to stomach
-continues digestion, nutrients from food are absorbed here |
small intestine
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-collects wastes(undigested food)
-removes water from the wastes if body needs it |
large insestine
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- clear membrane that helps hold organs and intestines in place
-very vascular to abosorb nutreints |
mesentary
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-white organ
-lies between stomach and intestine -produces insulin and other enzymes |
pancreas
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-circulation, pumps blood
-3 chambers in frog; 2 atria, 1 ventricle |
heart
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respiration, exchange O2 and CO2
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lungs
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-small, oval, red body
-a reserve blood supply, also produces and matures blood cells |
spleen
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excretion, filter wastes from blood
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kidneys
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holds urine
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bladder
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reproduction (female frog had oviducts also)
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testes\ovaries
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are energy reserves
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fat bodies
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cavity that holds eggs and solid wastes, until they are released
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cloaca
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