How a Frog Hears

Andrea Simmons and Darlene Ketten

Multimedia Files

Multimedia 1: MicroCT cross sections bullfrog ear:  This video is a series of gray scale X-ray images from a microCt examination showing cross-sections through one side of the head of a male bullfrog.

Multimedia 2: 3D Reconstruction of the bullfrog ear:  This video shows a three-dimensional, rotating reconstruction of the head of a female bullfrog.  In the video, the head tissues are progressively “digitally dissected” to demonstrate the structures of the bullfrog outer ear and middle ear.