The dissection of a frog is something we dread since we first hear about our parent’s frightening dissection stories. On the contrary, it is one of the most interesting scientific processes you evr have to go through. You have the weird guys that cut the toes for fun and then you have the girls who scream every time you cut another organ. For me, it was a normal feeling.
First, my partner cut the male frog from it pelvis, going all the way up to the throat. Then, my partner cut straps on the tray so we could see. Immediately, my group saw a huge plate of muscle as its first piece of internal layers. As my partner joked, “This frog must have worked out.”
Then, I tore the muscle and broke its arm and thighbone for a better view on its organs. At once, liquid came spewing out all over the tray, and when the process was finally over, our tray was like a lake after a monsoon.
We finally saw all of the organs, and I had to admit, it was pretty gross. Fat bodies, intestines and the liver covered the inside of the frog. On the other hand, some parts were really exciting. When we were about to cut the stomach, I was hoping to find scorpions and fish. Hysterically, we just found water.
What was really amazing was what was under the liver. Remover these three loaves and you find the heart, the lungs, the gall bladder and many more.
Something I didn’t understand was does the female have more intestines than the male? Whenever somebody would cut out a female frog, they would always have more intestine, or was that part of the reproductive system.
All in all, this dissection gave me a great opportunity to discover properly how a vertebrate functions.
