Group 4 Script
Roles
Narrator: Mary Tuhoy
Video and Documentation: Shekinah Buron and Xianne Regis
Dissection Assistance: Xena Pareja and Loury Nuez
Script:
● This is a dissecting pan.
● We will place a paper towel in the dissecting pan to absorb moisture from the frog.
● These are the dissecting tools that we will use: Dissecting pins, scalpel, dissecting
scissors, forceps, and a dissecting needle. We will also use gloves.
● We have dissecting pins to pin our specimen to the dissecting pan.
● Now, we will turn the frog over to view the ventral side. The thoracic region is the
chest area. The abdominal region is the belly area.
● We first pin each leg of the frog to hold it steady to the dissecting pan.
● Now, we are ready to make our first incision.
● Let us make a vertical incision in the abdomen and make sure only to cut the frog's
skin and muscle layer. Cutting too deeply may result in organ damage.
● We will make a horizontal incision across the top and bottom of the abdomen.
● Let’s peel back the skin and secure it. We can also cut through the muscle layer with
scissors.
● Next, we will take off the muscle layer and pin it down. If we have trouble keeping
these sections pinned, we can use scissors to cut the skin and muscle.
● We will make a vertical incision in the sternum with the dissecting scissors. Thoracic
skin and muscle layers should be pinched back.
● If the frog has eggs, we should remove them so that we can see the internal organs
better.
● Now, with our dissecting needle, let us try to identify the following parts:
The heart is located near the center of the thoracic region.
The lungs are located on each side of the heart.
The liver is a large, dark organ in the abdomen.
The stomach is a J-shaped organ located beneath the liver.
● Now that we have identified those organs, let’s use the scissors and forceps to
remove the organs and place them in the container.