Branches

A branch of biology that deals with heredity, especially the mechanisms of hereditary transmission and the variation of inherited characteristics among similar or related organisms

• Pharmacology

• Immunology

• Genetics

• Neurobiology

The study of the nature of disease. Its causes, processes, development, and consequences

• Pathology

• Parasitology

• Pharmacology

• Virology

_______________ is the study of reptiles and amphibians.

• Herpetology

• Entomology

• Ichthyology

• Ornithology

_____________ is the study of fungi.

• Parasitology

• Mycology

• Protistology

• Entomology

The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease

• Physiology

• Toxicology

• Pharmacology

• Medicine

Neurobiology is the branch of biology that deals with the anatomy and physiology and pathology of the ______________.

Biochemistry is the study of the structure and function of cellular components, such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, and other ___________, and of their functions and transformations during life processes.

Cell biology is the study of cells at the __________ or at the molecular level.

The study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, as represented by the fossils of plants, animals, and other organisms.

• Primatology

• Ethology

• Paleontology

• Geology

The study of birds is called ______________.

• Ornithology

• Entomology

• Ichthyology

• Zoology