Intro to animal kingdom

Question 1

Give the etymology of the word Zoology

Answer 1

(Gr. zoon + logos)

Question 2

structure of entire
organisms and their
parts

Answer 2

Anatomy:

Question 3

:
structure and function
of cells

Answer 3

Cytology

Question 4

interaction of
organisms with their
environment

Answer 4

Ecology:

Question 5

development of an
animal from the
fertilized egg to birth
or hatching

Answer 5

Embryology:

Question 6

mechanisms of
transmission of traits
from parents to
offspring

Answer 6

Genetics:

Question 7

Study of Tissues

Answer 7

Histology:

Question 8

subcellular details of
animal structure and
function

Answer 8

Molecular Biology:

Question 9

function of organisms
and their parts

Answer 9

Physiology:

Question 10

Insects

Answer 10

Entomology:

Question 11

Amphibians

and Reptiles

Answer 11

Herpetology:

Question 12

Fishes

Answer 12

Ichthyology:

Question 13

Birds

Answer 13

Ornithology:

Question 14

Protozoa

Answer 14

Protozoology:

Question 15

arrangement of body parts
without a central axis or point
(e.g., sponges)

Answer 15

Asymmetry

Question 16

a single plane passing between the
upper and lower surfaces and
through the longitudinal axis
divides the animal into right and left
mirror images (e.g., vertebrates)

Answer 16

Bilateral Symmetry

Question 17

any plane passing through the
oral-aboral axis divides the
animal into mirror images (e.g.,
cnidarians)

Answer 17

Radial Symmetry

Question 18

The end opposite the mouth

Answer 18

Aboral

Question 19

The end containing the mouth

Answer 19

Oral

Question 20

The head end; usually the end of a bilateral animal that

meets its environment

Answer 20

Anterior

Question 21

The tail end

Answer 21

Posterior

Question 22

Toward the tail

Answer 22

Caudal

Question 23

Toward the head

Answer 23

Cephalic

Question 24

Away from the point of attachment of a structure on the body

Answer 24

Distal

Question 25

Toward the point of attachment of a structure on the body

Answer 25

Proximal

Question 26

The back of an animal; usually the upper surface;

synonymous with posterior for animals that walk upright

Answer 26

Dorsal

Question 27

The belly of an animal; usually the lower surface;

synonymous with anterior for animals that walk upright

Answer 27

Ventral

Question 28

Below a point of reference

Answer 28

Inferior

Question 29

Above a point of reference

Answer 29

superior

Question 30

Away from the plane that divides a bilateral animal into mirror
images

Answer 30

Lateral

Question 31

On or near the plane that divides a bilateral animal into mirror
images

Answer 31

Medial

median

Question 32

Name the eleven major phyla of animal kingdom

Answer 32

Mesozoa
Platyhelminthes and Nemertea
Porifera
Mollusca
Cnidaria and Ctenophora
Annelida
Arthropoda
Nematoda
Echinodermata
Chordata
Hemichordata