Zoology As A Whole For Entrance Exams

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Branches of Biology





·                Angiology: Study of blood vessels (Arteries & veins)
·         Apiculture: Study of rearing of honeybees.
·         Aquaculture: Study of rearing of aquatic organisms.
·         Auxanology: Study of growth.
·         Actinobiology: Study of effects of radiation on plants & animals.
·         Araneology: Study of spiders.
·         Anthropology: Study of natural history of man.
·         Batrachology: Study of Frog.
·         Bacteriology: Study of bacteria.
·         Carcinology: Study of crustaceans.
·         Chonchology: Study of shell of molluscs.
·         Crustaceology: Study of Arthropods.
·          Cryobiology: Study of life at low temperature.
·         Cytology: Study of detailed study of cell.
·         Carcinomatology: Study of tumors & cancer-causing cells.
·         Cetology: Study of aquatic animals(whales).
·         Ctetology: Study of acquired characters.
·         Dermatology: Study of skin & skin related diseases.
·         Desmology: Study of ligaments.
·         Dendrochronolgy: Study of estimation of age of trees counting annual rings.
·         Ethology: Study of animal behavior.
·         Ethnology: Study of human mankind.
·         Etiology: Study of cause of disease.
·         Embrylogy: Study of development of organisms.
·         Eugenics: Study of improvement of human races through he law of heredity or laws of genetics.
·         Euthenics: Study of improvement of human races through better nutrition & environment.
·         Euphenics: Study of improvement of human race by Genetic engineering.
·         Entomology: Study of insects.
·         Gerontology: Study of ageing.
·         Gnotobiotics:  Study of Germ free life.
·         Gynecology: Study of disease related to female genital tract.
·         Histology: Study of tissues.
·         Helminthology: Study of helminths or parasitic worms.
·         Herpetology: Study of amphibians.
·         Ichnology: Study of fossils footprints.
·         Ichthyology: Study of fishes.
·         Kinesiology: Study of movement of body muscles.
·         Karyology: Study of nucleus.
·         Kalology: Study of human beauty.
·         Limnology: Study of fresh water habitat.
·         Myology: Study of muscles.
·         Malacology: Study of Mollusca.
·         Mastology: Study of mammary glands.
·         Myrmecology: Study of ants.
·         Nidology: Study of nests of birds.
·         Nephrology: Study of kidney.
·         Neurology: Study of nervous system.
·         Nematology: Study of nematodes.
·         Odontology: Study of teeth & gums.
·         Oncology: Study of tumour & cancer.
·         Osteology: Study of bones.
·         Ohiology/serpentology: Study of snakes.
·         Oology: Study of eggs.
·         Parazoology: Study of sponges.
·         Phenology: Study of migration of birds.
·         Phrenology: Study of feelings & emotions.
·         Physiology: Study of functioning of an organ.
·         Saurology: Study of lizards.
·         Sarcology/Mycology: Study of muscles.
·         Sitology: Study of diets/foods.
·         Splanchology: Study of visceral organs.
·         Syndesmology: Study of joints.
·         Tectology: Study of structural organization of living beings.
·         Teratology: Study of embryonic diseases.
·         Trichology: Study of hairs.
·         Trophology: Study of food & nutrition.
·         Traumatology: Study of wounds.


Important books & their authors
Books
Author
Historia Animalia
Aristotle
Origin of species
Charles Darwin
Philosophie Zoologique
Lamarck
Systema Naturae,Species
Linnaeus
Origin of life on earth
A.I. Oparin
Genera plantarum
Bentham & Hooker

Theories:
        Theory of natural selection : Darwin & Wallace.
·         Germplasm theory: A. Weismann
·         Germ theory of disease: Pasteur
·         Inheritance of acquired character: Lamarck
·         Recapitulation Theory / Biogenetic Law: Haeckel
·         Theory of biogenesis: Louis Pasteur.
·         Mutation theory: Hugo de veries
·         Survival of fittest: Hebert spencer.
·         Heredity & variation: Darwin.
·             Cosmozoic theory of panspermis was given by: Ritcher
             Important Days
·         World cancer day: 4th Feb
·         World Mallica day: 24th Mar
·         Malaria day : 20th Aug
·         Mosquito day: 29th Aug
·         World’s AIDS day: 1st Dec
·         International day against drug abuse & illicit Trafficking: 26thJun
         
                     Phobias (Fear of)
  Ø  Acarohobia: Ticks & mites
  Ø  Acrophobia: Height
  Ø  Agorophobia: Open space
  Ø  Algiphobia: Pain
  Ø  Amathophobia: Dust
  Ø  Androphobia: Men
  Ø  Anthrophobia: Flowers
  Ø  Gynophobia: Women
  Ø  Haematophobia: Blood
  Ø  Hydrophobia: Water
  Ø  Ophidiophobia: Snake
  Ø  Xenophobia: Strangers[H1] 

Some Common Protozoal Diseases
Diseases
Pathogen
Amoebiasis
Entamoeba histolytica
Giardiasis
Giardia lambia
Trichomoniasis
Trichomonas
Sleepingsickness
Trpanosoma
Kala-azar
Leishmania
Balantidiosis
Bakantidium coli
Malaria
Plasmodium

     Connecting Links
·               Nonliving & living-Virus
·         Protozoa & Porifera- Proterospongia
·         Plant & animal- Euglena
·         Coelenterata & platyhtlminthes- Ctenoplana
·         Annelida & Artheopoda- Peripetus
·         Annelida & Mollusca- Neopilina
·         Echinodermata & Chordata-Balanoglossus
·         Fish & land vertebrates- Coelocanthus
·         Fish & Amphibians- Lung fish
·         Fish & Tetrapoda- Latimeria
·         Amphibians & reptiles-Seymouria
·         Reptiles & birds- Archaeipteryx
·         Reptiles & Mammals- Pototheria

Branches
                       Fathers
Zoology & Biology
Aristotle
Genetics
Gregor John Mendel
Modern Genetics
Bateson
Evolution
Osborn
Special creation theory
Father Saurez
Eugenics
Francis Galton
Mutation
Hugo De Vries
Modern embryology
Karl Von Baer
Paleontology
Leonado Da Vinci
Taxonomy
Carolous Linnaeus
BLood Groups
Karl Landsteiner
Microscopy
Anton Von Leehwenhoek
Medicine
Hippocrates
Microbiology
Louis Pasteur
Bacteriology
Robert Koch
Virology
W.M. Stanley
Immunology
Edward Jenner
Histology
Bichat
Pathology
Rudolf Virchow
Cytology
Robert Hook
Ecology
Reiter
Antibiotics
Alexander Felming
Antiseptics
Joseph Lister
Conditioned Reflex
Ivan Pavlov
Some Common Helminthic Diseases
Diseases
Pathogens
Taeniasis
Taenia solium  ,  T. sagginata
Ascariasis
Ascaris
Ancylostomiasis
Ancylostomia
Elephantiasis
Filaria
Trichinosis
Trichinella
Guinea worm d/s
Dracunculus
Eye worm d/s
Loa loa
            Bacterial Diseases
Diseases
Pathogens
Gonorrhoea
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Meningitis
Neisseria meningitidis
Anthrax
Baccilus anthracis
Tetanus
Clostridium tetani
Bolutism
Clostridium botulinum
Typhoid fever
Salmonella typhi
Cholera
Vibrio cholerae
Whooping cough
Bordetella pertusis
Diptheria
Corynebacterium diphtheria
Tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Leprosy
Mycobacterium leprae
Syphilis
Treponema pallisum
Pneumonia
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Shigellosis(Bacterial dysentery)
Shigella sonnei
Typhus fever
Rickettsia prowazekii
Q fever
Coxiella burnetii
Trench fever
Rochalinaea quintana
Trachoma
Chlamysia trachomatis
Rockey mountain spotted fever
Rickettsia rickettsii
Some immunological tests & diseases
Disease
Test
Tuberculosis
Sputum test, Mantoux test
Cancer
Biopsy, Histopathology
Typhoid
Widal test
AIDS
Western blot
Dengue
Tourniquet test

True fishes: Sea horse , Bombay duck, Flying fish , Dog fish
         False fishes
·                Jelly fish (Aurelia )– Coelenterata
·         Shell fish ( Crustceans) – Arthropoda
·         Cray fish (Grammarus)- Arthropoda
·         Silver fish ( Lepisma) – Arthropoda
·         Cuttle fish ( Sepia) – Mollusca
·         Devil fish (Octopus) – Mollusca
·         Starfish ( Astreas)  – Echinodermata
·         Hagfish ( Myxine) – Cyclostomata
·         Rajor fish( Solen) – Mollusca


False worms
·         Slow worm(Angus)- Reptilia
·         Blind worm (Uraethyphius)-Amphibian
·         Peanut worm (Spinuculus)- Sipunculida
·         Paddle worm (Chaetopterus) – Annelida
·         Peacock worm ( Sebella) – Annelida
·         Acoen worm (Balanogolossus) – Hemichordata
·         Silk worm (Bombax mori)-Echinodermata
·         Clam worm (Neries) – Annelida
·         Ship worm (Teredo) – Mollusca
·         Walking worm (Peripeatus) – Arthropoda

Sea animals
·         Sea Feather (petroides) – Coelenterata
·         Sea stick (Virgularia) – Coelenterata
·         Sea pansy (Renilla) – Coelenterata
·         Sea pan (pannatula) – Coelenterata
·         Sea fan (Gorgonia) – Coelenterata
·         Sea mouse (Aphrodite) – Annelida
·         Sea mice (Chiton) – Mollusca
·         Sea fly (Tethys) – Mollusca
·         Sea lemon (Doris) – Mollusca
·         Sea hare (Aplysia) -Mollusca
·         Sea squid (Loligo) – Mollusca
·         Sea cucumber(Holothuria) – Echinodermata
·         Sea lily (Antedon) – Echinodermata
·         Sea urchin (Echinus) – Echinodermata
·         Sea star (Star fish) – Echinodermata
·         Sea squirt (Herdamania)- Urochordata
·         Sea horse (Hyppocampus) – Pisces
·         Sea snake (Hydrophis) -Reptalia
·         Sea Cow (Manatee) – Mammalia
·         Sea lion (Eumatopias) – Mammalia
Different types of heart
Type of heart
Description
Neurogenic
Impulse generate for functioning of nervous system .eg Hearts of invertebrates
Myogenic
Initiation takes place from SA node eg Frog, man
Venous
Contains only deoxygenated blood eg fish(Scoliodon)
Pulsating
Earthworm
One chambered
invertebrates
Two chambered
Fishes
Three chambered
Amphibia
Three & half chambered
Reptiles
Four chambered
Crocodiles, Alligators, Birds & Mammals
13 chambered
Cockroach


Exception In Biology
·         The hearts of reptiles are 3 chambered except in Crocodiles & Alligator which have 4 chambered
·         Lungs are absent in fishes but lung fishes have lung as well as gills.
·         All land animals drink water except Desert Kangaroo Rat that never does so.
·         Ostrich & Kiwi are the birds that can’t fly.
·         Mammals are mostly terrestrial. Bats are able to fly like birds while Whale & Dolphin are aquatic and are able to swim like fishes.
·         RBCs are circular & biconcave in mammals except camel & Llama where they are oval & flat.
·         Mammals give birth to young ones (Viviparous) but Duck billed platypus( Ornithorhyncus) & spiny ant eater(Echidna) are egg laying mammals (Oviparous).
·         Axolotl larva of American Salamander (Salamander, Ambystoma) can reproduce sexually. The phenomenon is called pedogenesis / Neoteny.
·         The drones of honey bees develop from unfertilized eggs.
·         Phase contrast microscope is used to examine a culture of living cells.

Larvae of different animals
Animal
Name of larva
Petromyzon (Cyclostomata)
Ammocoetus
Sycon(porifera)
Amphiblastula
Ambystoma(Amphibia)
Axolotl
Aterias(Echinodermata)
Bipinnaria,Brachiolaria
Ophiothrx(Echinodermata)
Ophioluteus
Butterfly(Arthropoda)
Caterpillar
Lepas(Arthropoda)
Cypris
Taenia solium (platyhelminhes)
Bladderworm,Cysticercus,
Onchosphere
Fasciola hepatica(Platyhelminthes)
Miracidium,Sporocyst,Redia,
Cercaria,Metacercaria
Echinus(Echinodermata)
Echinopluteus
Nereis(Annelida)
Trochophore
Unio(Mollusca)
Glochidium
Pila(Mollusca)
Veliger
Hydra(Coelenterata)
Hydrula
Obelia(Coelenterata)
Hydula
Aurelia(Coelenterata)
Scyphistoma
Musca(Arthropoda)
Maggot
Penaeus(Arthropoda)
Mysis,Nauplius
Leucosolenia(Porifera)
Parenchymula
Ascaris(Nematoda)
Rhabdiform
Rana(Amphibia)
Tadpole
Balanoglosus(Hemichordata)
Tornaria


         


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