While the way their bodies work is nowhere near identical to a human’s, there are many similarities. One reason frogs are often chosen to be dissected is that their bodies provide a good overview of the organ systems of a complex living thing. While there are various aspects that may differ between humans and other animals, many of the organ systems in complex animals work in similar ways to those of humans. Seeing these organs and understanding how they work within a single animal allows students to understand how these systems work within many other animals, including themselves. In dissecting an animal, students see, touch, and explore the various organs in the body. There are many reasons that students in biology classes are asked to perform dissections, and they have a lot to do with understanding the body and the wider world. But, apart from inspiring the medical professionals of tomorrow, what is the purpose of dissection? And more importantly, why is everyone always dissecting those poor green amphibians? Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed at these sites are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation, the University of Washington or the State of Washington.There are many surgeons who say that they first discovered their life’s passion standing over a dissected frog in a middle or high school biology class. The University of Washington holds the copyright to the series of lessons, however ownership of the Internet resources referenced in the lessons may be found at the resource site.
The lessons are now maintained through funds from the State of Washington. Creation of the series of lessons is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant numbers 92558003. This lesson is part of the series "DO-IT Lessons" developed by the University of Washington.
Use the bookmark capabilities of your browser to save the site location for future use.Test your knowledge of frog anatomy with the Virtual Frog Builder Game. The dissection kit is available in a number of languages. A browser that supports forms and sensitive images is needed. The program allows interactive dissection of a frog and includes the capability to make on-the-fly movies.
This interactive program is part of the "Whole Frog" project.
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