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Introduction to biology

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Biology is the natural science that studies life and living organisms. It comes from the Greek words "bios" meaning life and "logos" meaning to study. The document outlines several branches of biology including anatomy, which studies the structure of organisms; bacteriology, which studies bacteria; and botany, which studies plant life. Other branches mentioned are cytology, ecology, embryology, evolution, genetics, herpetology, mammalogy, ornithology, pathology, taxonomy, virology, and zoology.

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Introduction to biology
BIOLOGY - natural science that studies that studies life and living organisms. -science of living things -from the Greek word -BIOS - LIFE -LOGOS - TO STUDY WHAT IS BOLOGY?
ANATOMY - deals with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. BRANCHES OF BIOLOGY
BACTERIOLOGY -study of bacteria
BIOCHEMISTRY -Concerned with the chemical and physiochemical processes that occur within living organisms.
BOTANY -study of plant life
CYTOLOGY -cells function, structure and chemistry
DERMATOLOGY -study of skin
ECOLOGY - study of interrelationships between organisms and their environment
EMBRYOLOGY - formation and development of organisms
EVOLUTION - origin and differentiation of various living things or organisms
GENETICS -study of the process by which genetic information is passed from parents to offspring
HERPETOLOGY -study of reptiles and amphibians
MAMMALOGY -study of mammals
ORNITHOLOGY - study of birds
PATHOLOGY - diseases caused by organisms
TAXONOMY -study of groupings of living things
VIROLOGY -study of viruses and virus-like agents
ZOOLOGY - study of the animal kingdom
JESSICA MARIE T. BALISI 11- STEM

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