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Vocabulary1997
Vocab cards Biology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anatomy | Study of structure of plant and animal organs |
| Bacteriology | Study of bacteria in relationship to disease |
| Biological Anthropology | Branch of anthropology that studies the mechanisms of biological evolution, genetic inheritance, human adaptability and variation, primatology, primate morphology, and the fossil record of human evolution |
| Biomedical engineering | the application of engineering principles to address challenges in the fields of biology and medicine |
| Biotechnology | the manipulation of living organisms or their components to produce useful products |
| Botany | study of plants |
| Cytology | Study of the structure and function of plant and animal cells |
| Ecology | scientific study of the interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment |
| Embryology | Study of multicellular organisms as they develop from fertilized eggs to fully formed |
| Entomology | Study of insects |
| Epigenetics | Changes in phenotype or gene expression caused by mechanisms other than changes in the underlying DNA sequence |
| Evolution | Generation to generation change in the proportion of different inherited genes in a population that account for all of the changes that have transformed life over an immense time |
| Genetics | Study of heredity |
| Herpetology | Study of reptiles |
| Histology | Study of the structure of tissue |
| Ichthyology | Study of fish |
| Immunology | Study of infection/disease in relationship to body's defense mechanisms |
| Morphology | Study of the total structure of living organisms |
| Microbiology | Study of organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye |
| Mycology | Study of fungi |
| Ornithology | Study of birds |
| Paleontology | Study of the life of past geological periods |
| Pathology | Study of disease |
| Physiology | Study of the function of living organisms |
| Protozoology | Study of protozoa |
| Taxonomy | Naming, grouping, and classifying organisms |
| Virology | Study of viruses |
| Zoology | Study of animals |