DIGESTIVE SYSTEM :
Function of digestive system is ingestion of food, digestion & egestion of undigested food.
Digestive system is divided into 2 parts.
(a) Digestive tract or food passage :
In frog, passage of food is through
Mouth → oral cavity → Oesophagus → stomach → intestine → rectum → Cloaca → Cloacal aperture
Tongue : Tongue of frog is long, folded, sticky & bilobed at its anteriorend. It is adapted for capturing the prey (insect).
Stomach :
It is a muscular bag. It contains HCl & proteolytic enzyme. HCl makes the acidic pH of food & it is bacteriolytic.
Digestion is completed in intestine.
Undigested food is excreted through cloacal aperture.
Digested food is absorbed by the numerous finger like folds in the inner wall of intestine called villi and microvilli.
Digestive glands :
Two digestive glands are present in it.
(i) Liver :It forms bile. Bile is stored in gall-bladder. Bile is secreted in Intestine. Bile juice is an alkaline solution. It changes the pH of food from acidic to alkaline. It also causes emulsification of fat.
(ii) Pancreas: It secrete pancreatic juice in intestine. Pancreatic juice is called digestive juice as it is complete digestive juice.
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