Intro, Divisions and Subdivisions

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scientific study of behavior, structure, physiology, classification, and distribution of animals

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Zoology

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branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits and distribution of animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems

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Zoology

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the term zoology is derived from Ancient Greek words _______ and ______

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zōion and logos

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zoology is borrowed from New Latin word “zoologia” means ______

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study of animals

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study of insects

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entomology

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study of birds

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ornithology

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study of slimy animals (amphibians and reptiles)

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herpetology

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study of mammals

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mammology

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study of fish

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ichthyology

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study of interaction between humans and other animals

-overlaps w/ anthropology, vet med ethnology, and zoology

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anthrozoology

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study of spiders and arachnids

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arachnology

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study of dead animals

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archaeozoology

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study of mechanical systems

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bionics

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study of marine mammals including whales, dolphins, porpoise

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cetology

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studies the prenatal development of gametes

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embryology

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Sub-branches of Entomology

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Coleopterology (beetles)
Dipterology (flies)
Hemipterology (true bugs)
Isopterology (termites)

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study of beetles

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Coleopterology (beetles)

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study all types of flies

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Dipterology (flies)

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study of true bugs or hemiptera

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Hemipterology (true bugs)

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study of termites

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Isopterology (termites)

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branch of zoology that deals w/ animal behavior

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Ethology

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study of parasitic worms (helminths)

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Helminthology

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study of reptiles and amphibians

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herpetology

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study of amphibians alone

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Batrachology

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study of ophidians or snakes

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Ophiology

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study of microscopic anatomy of cells and tissues of animals and plants

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Histology

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study of Mollusca such as snails, slugs, octopus, clams, and all animals that live in water with shells

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Malacology

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study of mollusk shells only

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Conchology

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also referred to as Mastology, Theriology or Therology

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Mammology

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study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features

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Morphology

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study of roundworms (nematodes)

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Nematology

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study of birds

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Ornithology

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study of fossil animals to identify multi-cellular animals

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Paleozoology

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study of bodily fluids like urine, blood, or tissues

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Pathology

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study of living and extinct primates like monkeys, apes, prosimians

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Primatology

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study of protozoa (unicellular organisms like amoeba)

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Protozoology

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study that defines groups of biological organisms and giving names to those groups

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Taxonomy

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study of geographical distribution

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Zoogeography

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study of animals and their habitats

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Zoography

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it deals with measurements of animal parts

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Zoometry

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study of the animal anatomy

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Zootomy