Introduction to Zoology Flashcards
Study of External Structure of animals
Morphology
Oldest fields of Zoology
Anatomy and Taxonomy
(Philosopher) Anatomy, Physiology, Classification
Aristotle
(Philosopher) Anatomical and Physiological knowledge
Hippocrates
Father of Medicine
Hippocrates
He founded modern human anatomy
Andreas Vesalius
One of the pioneers of modern animal description
Conrad Gesner
HE wrote “Historia Animalium”
Conrad Gesner
Forerunner of Evolution
John Baptiste De Lamarck
Mechanics of blood flow; English Physician
William Harvey
Devised the compound microscope; coined the word “cell”; Micrographia
Robert Hooke
His microscope has 50x - 250x magnification
Antonie Van Leeuwenhock
Father of Modern Pathology
Rudolf Virchow
Believed in Special Creation
Georges Cuvier
has double ring structure
adenine and guanine
has single ring structure
thymine, cytosine, and uracil
also known as adrenaline
epinephrine
very common signal molecule
first messenger
receptor is a?
protein
important enzyme in the formation of cAMP
Adenylyl cyclase
CAMP
Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
source of energy in cellular response; provides enzymes
GTP
regulation of metabolism and sugar
protein kinase A
warm-blooded
homeothermic
cold-blooded
poikilothermic
bone forming cells
osteoblasts
increases blood Ca+2 levels
parathyroid hormone
bone destroying cells
osteoclasts
powerful hydrolithic enzymes
Lysosomes
loosely wound in histones
euchromatin
tightly wounded in histones
heterochromatic
breaking down
catabolism
building up
anabolism
In Metamorphosis: complete
holometabolous insects
In Metamorphosis: incomplete
hemimetabolous
Most abundant substance
water
inactive form of enzymes
zymogen