Frog anatomy
Across
- 2. an organ located in the abdomen
- 5. a long fragile tube like structure that begins at the end of the brain stem
- 7. sac in the left upper abdomen
- 8. a common cavity at the end of the digestive tract for the release of both excretory and genital products in vertebrates (except most mammals) and certain invertebrates. Specifically, the cloaca is present in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes.
- 9. small pouch that sits just under the liver.
- 11. the principal and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates, located in the front area of the skull and consisting of two hemispheres, left and right, separated by a fissure.
- 12. small bones forming the backbone
- 13. large, meaty organ that sits on the right side of the belly
Down
- 1. The jugular veins are veins that take deoxygenated blood from the head back to the heart via the superior vena cava.
- 3. set of bones in the appendicular skeleton
- 4. the part of the alimentary canal that connects the throat to the stomach; the gullet. In humans and other vertebrates, it is a muscular tube lined with a mucous membrane
- 6. muscular organ around the size of a fist
- 7. an organ in the gastrointestinal tract where most of the absorption of nutrients and minerals from food takes place.
- 10. is the last part of the gastrointestinal tract and of the digestive system in vertebrates