Organismal Biology

 
   

 INDEX

 

A    B    C    D    E    F    G    H    I    J    K    L    M
N    O    P    Q    R    S    T    U    V    W    X    Y    Z

 

A

Absorption, Direct
Accessory Organs
Acids in Digestion
Acquired Characteristic, Inheritance of
Action Potentials  Action Potential
Adaptations
Adenine
ATP - Intro
ATP & Plant Needs
Aerobic Respiration
Aerobic Respiration and Plants
Afferent Neurons
Age of the Earth
Aging Zone
Aggression
Agonistic Behavior
Air Respiration - Mixing
Algae
Alleles
Alleles, Dominant / Recessive
Alternation of Generations
Amebas / Sarcodines
Ameboid Movement
Anaerobic Respiration
Analogous traits
Anterior
Alternation of Generations
Alternation of Generation, Animals
Alternation of Generations - Protozoans
Amebocytes
Ammonia
Amnion
Anecdotal Evidence
Angiosperms
Angiosperm Reproduction
Angiosperm Life Cycle
Angiosperm Seeds
Animalia
Animacules
Antennal Glands
Antheridium
Antibiotics  Antibiotics
Antibiotic Resistance
Antibodies  Antibodies
Antigens
Apicomplexans
Archaea  Archaea
Archegonium
Arteries
Artifacts
Artificial Selection
Arthropods
Ascomycetes / Asci
Asexual Adaptation
Asexual Modes
Asexual Reproduction  Asexual vs Sexual Reproduction  Asexual Reproduction
Auxins
Axons

B

Bacteria Shapes
Basidiomycetes / Basidia
Beaver Fever
Bias in Experiments
Bilateral Symmetry
Binomial nomenclature
Biochemistry, Comparative
Biogeography
Biology
Bivalves
Blastula
Blending, Genetic
Blind & Double-blind tests
Blood
Bolus
Bones
Bottleneck Effect
Brain Organization (Processing)
Bryophyte types
Buccal Cavity
Budding
Bursae

C

Calcium Carbonate
Capillaries
Cardiac Muscle
Carotenoids
Carrier Proteins
Carrying Capacity
Cartilage
Cells - Intro
Cell Theory (1838)
Cell Walls
Cellulose
Central Vacuoles
Cephalization  Cephalization
Cephalopods
Cerebellum
Cerebrum
Chagas Disease
Chance, Role of
Chelicerates
Chemoreception
Chemosynthesis - Intro
Chitin
Chlorophyll
Choanocytes
Chordates
Chromosomes
Chromosome Number
Chromosome Types
Cilia v Flagella
Ciliary Movement  Food
Ciliates
Circular Muscles
Circulation Types
Cladistics
Classification - Determining groups
Classification - Modern 6-Kingdom System
Classification - Rules for disputes
Classification - Sub- and Super- groupings
Classification - System Organization Levels
Cleavage Patterns
Closed Circulation
Cnidaria
Coelom
Coenzymes
Coevolution Coevolution
Colonial - Unicellular, etc.  Colonial organisms
Colony Behavior
Colors
Commensals
Communication, Animal
Communities
Comparative Biochemistry
Compound Lens System
Compound Microscopes
Conduction & Storage Region
Cones
Confounding Factors
Conifers:  Life Cycle
Conjugation
Connective Tissue
Consumers
Contractile Vacuole  Contractile Vacuoles
Controlled Experiments
Convergent Evolution
Cooling, Evaporative
Cooperation
Countercurrent - Heat
Countercurrent - Oxygen
Crop
Crossing Over
Cultures
Cutaneous Respiration
Cuticle, Plant
Cytoplasm
Cytoplasm, Protozoan
Cytosine

D

Daily Torpor
Darwin (mid- to late-1800s)
Defensive Displays
Definitive Host
Dendrites
DNA:  Double Helix
DNA as Hereditary Carrier
DNA:  Nitrogenous Bases
Depolarization
Deposit Feeding
Dermis
Determinant - Nondeterminant
Detoxification
Deuterostomes
Development and Growth
Digestion
Digestive Regions
Digestive System Types
Diploid
Disease Evolution
Displays
Divergent vs Convergent Evolution
Diverticula
Domains 
Dominance in Behavior
Dominant / Recessive Alleles
Dorsal
Dysentery

E

Echinoderms
Echolocation
Ecosystems  Ecosystems
Ectoderm
Ectoplasm
Efferent Neurons
Egg Cell
Egg Cell Production
Eggs, Terrestrial
Electromagnetic Sense
Electron microscope
Embryo, Conifer
Embryology, Comparative
Emergent Properties
Emulsifiers
Endoderm
Endocrine Glands
Endocrine System
Endoplasm
Endoskeleton
Energy in Food Chains
Epidermis
Epigenetic Features - Intro
Epigenetic Factors
Epinephrine
Epithelium
Equilibrium
Erythrocytes
Esophagus
Ethics
Ethology
Eukaryote vs Prokaryote
Evaporative Cooling
Evolution
Evolution - Intro
Evolution by Artifical Selection
Evolution and Chance
Evolution:  Coevolution  Coevolution
Evolution of Diseases
Evolution:  Divergent vs Convergent Evolution
Evolution: Gradual vs Punctuated
Evolution by Natural Selection  Evolution by Natural Selection
Evolution:  Plants, Seed
Evolution and Reproduction Types
Evolution by Sexual Selection
Evolution as progress
Evolution Rates & Reproduction Rates
Exocrine Glands
Exoskeleton
Experiments
Extension Zone
External Fertilization
Extinction & Biblical beliefs
Extracellular Fluids
Extremophiles

F

Feedback, Endocrine
Feeding Types
Female
Fermentation, Food
Fermentation Chambers
Fertilization
Fertilization Types
Fibrillar Muscle
Field tests
Filter Feeders  Filter Feeding
Fish, Bony, and Osmosis
Fission
Fixation , Nutrients - Fungal Symbionts
Fixed Action Patterns
Flagella 
Flagella v Cilia
Flagellar Movement
Flagellates
Flame Cells
Flatworms
Flowers
Flower Form & Function
Flower Parts
Fluids
Fluid Feeding
Food Chains
Food Vacuole  Food Vacuoles
Foot
Forebrain
Fossils Formation
Fossil layers & age
Fossil Record and Evolution
Fossils & Biblical beliefs
Founder Effect
Fragmentation
Freezing
Frequencies
Freshwater Adaptations
Fruits
Fruit Formation
Fruiting Body
Fruiting Zone
Fungi
Fungal Niches
Fungi - Reproduction
Fungi - Spore Production
Fungi - Spore Release
Fungal Subgroups
Fungal Symbionts
Fusion

G

Gametes
Gametophyte
Ganglion
Gastroderm
Gastropods
Gender is determined  Gender Determination
Genes - Intro  Genes  Gene - Modern Definition
Gene Pool
Genetic Drift
Genetic Systems - Intro
Genomes
Germ Theory
Germination
Giardia
Gill Surfaces
Gizzard
Glial Cells
Glucose - Intro
Glucose Uses
Gradual Evolution
Grinding & Predigestion Region
Group Selection
Growth and Development
Growth Zones
Guanine
Gymnosperms
Gymnosperm-Dominated Environments

H

Haeckel (late 1800s)
Habituation
Haploid
Hardy-Weinberg Law
Hearing
Heat Countercurrent
Heirarchy
Hemolymph
Hemostasis
Hibernation
Hindbrain
Homeostasis
Homeotherms
Homologous Chromosomes
Homologous traits
Hooke (1665)
Hormones  Hormones
Hormone Actions, Animals
Hormone Effects, Plants
Hormone Receptors
Host Types
HOX Genes  HOX Genes
Human Genome Project
Hunger
Hybrid Vigor
Hydrolysis
Hydrostatic Skeletons
Hydrothermal Vents
Hyphae
Hypophysis
Hypothalamus   Hypothalamus
Hypothesis

I

Imaging Systems
Immunity Molecules
Imprinting
Impulse Speed
Infrared Vision
Ingestion
Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics
Insulation
Integument
Intelligence
Interaction with Environment
Intermediate Host
Internal Fertilization
Interneurons  Interneurons
Interstitial Fluid
Intracellular Digestion
Intracellular Fluids
Isolation
Isolation Types

J

Joints

K

Kidneys & Waste
Kidneys and Water
Kingdoms - Modern 6-Kingdom System
Kingdoms, "Newer"
Koch Postulates

L

Lamarck
Layout Patterns, Animals
Learned Behavior
Leeuwenhoek
Leukocytes
Ligaments
Light and Auxins
Light Absorption and Reflection
Light:  Wavelength and Frequencies
Light microscope
Lignin
Limbic System
Linear Processing
Linkage
Linnaeus
Lipid Hormones
Lister
Liver
Liverworts
Longitudinal Muscles
Lung Surfaces
Lyell (1830s)
Lymph Nodes
Lymph Systems

M

Macronucleus
Magnetic "Compass"
Malaria
Male
Malpighi (1660)
Malpighian Tubules
Malthus (early 1800s)
Mandibulates
Mantle
Marine Environments, Nonstable
Massed Food Feeding
Mastigophora
Mechanoreceptors
Medulla
Medusas
Memetic Features - Intro  Memes
Mendel
Meristem
Mesoderm
Mesoglea
Metabolism - Intro
Metamerism
Metanephridia
Microbiome
Microenvironments
Micronucleus
Microscope Types
Microtubules
Microvilli
Midbrain
Minerals and Animals
Minerals and Plants
Mitochondria & Fertilization
Models
Molds
Molecular Clocks
Mollusks
Molting
Monera  Monera / Eubacteria
Monoecious
Monoecious Usefulness
Monophyletic
Mosses
Moss Life Cycle
Motor Neurons
Mouthparts
Moving Equilibrium
Mucus
Multicellular  Multicellular vs Unicellular
Multiparallel Processing
Multiple-Gene Traits
Muscle Tissue, Subtypes
Muscular Movement
Mushrooms
Mutations
Mycorrhizas
Myelin

N

Natural Selection
Negative Feedback
Nematodes
Neocortex
Nephron
Nerves
Nerve Cords
Nerve Loop
Nerve Net
Nervous System Types
Nervous Tissue
Neurosecretory Cells  Neurosecretory Cells
Neurospora
Neurotransmitters  Neurotransmitters
Niches  Niche
Nitrogen-Fixing Symbionts
Nitrogen Requirements, Plant
Nitrogenous Wastes - Intro
Nodal Processing
Nondeterminant
Notochord  Notochord
Nucleoplasm
Null hypothesis
Nutrients

O

Observation
Offspring Numbers
Olfactory / Smell
"Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny"
Open Circulation
Optimum Temperatures
Oral Groove
Organization Levels
Organs
Osmoregulation Molecules
Osmosis
Osmotic Balance
Osmotic Conformers
Ovary, Flower
Ovule
Ovum
Oxygen in Air
Oxygen in Water
Oxygen Countercurrents
Oxygen Debt

P

Pain (Chemical)
Pain (Touch)
Paleocortex
Parasites
Parasite Evolution
Pasteur
Pathogens
Pecking Order
Peer Review
Pentaradial
Peripheral System
Peristalsis
Phages
Pharynx
Pheromone
Phloem
Phosphorus and Plants
Photosynthesis - Intro 
Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis-Based Needs
Pigments
Pistil
Placebo effect
Placenta
Plankton
Plantae
Plant Defenses
Plant Growth and Auxins
Plant Hormones
Plant Nutritional Requirements
Plant Pigments
Plants, Seed, Evolution
Plasma Components
Plasmids
Plasmodium
Platelets
Platyhelminthes
Poikilotherms
Polarization Vision
Pollen
Pollen, Pine
Pollen Tube
Pollen Tube, Flower
Pollinators
Polyphyletic
Polyps
Polyploidy, Animals
Populations
Population Controls (Malthus)
Positive Feedback
Posterior
Postmodernism
Predictions
Predigestion Region
Primary Sex Features
Producers
Productive Zone
Prokaryotes
Prokaryote Biology
Prokaryote vs Eukaryote  Prokaryote vs Eukaryote  Prokaryote vs Eukaryote
Proprioception
Protein Hormones
Protista
Protonephridia
Protostomes
Protozoa
Protozoan Environments
Protozoan Subgroups
Pseudopods  Pseudopods
Punctuated Evolution

Q

Quantitative vs qualitative data

R

Radial Cleavage
Radial Symmetry
Radial Symmetry & Nervous
Receiving Region
Receptors, Sense
Recessive Alleles
Recovery Period
Redi 
Reductionism
Redundancy
Redundancy - Molecular
Regeneration
Releaser
Reproducibility
Reproduction, Asexual
Reproduction, Fungi
Reproduction, Sexual
Reproduction Types and Evolution
Reproductive Displays
Reproductive Tissue
Resolution of Magnifying Devices
Resolution in Vision
Respiration
Respiration, Air - Mixing
Respiration and Plants
Rhizoids
Respiration Process
Respiratory Surfaces
Resting Potential
Rhizomorphs
Ritualized Behavior
Root Pressure

S

Sac Digestive System
Salivary Glands
Sarcodines
Scanning microscope
Schwann Cells
Scientific method
Sclerotium
Secondary Sex Features
Second Messengers
Sectioning
Seeds
Seed, Conifer
Self-organization
Sense  Receptors  Sense Receptors
Sensitization
Sensory Neurons
Sessile
Sexual Reproduction  Sexual vs Asexual Reproduction
Sexual Selection
Shapes of Bacteria
Sign Stimulus
Significance
Simple microscope
Single-Lens System
Sinuses
Size in Test Group - Need for Numbers
Skeletal Muscle
Skeletal Systems
Sleeping Sickness
Slime molds - Fungi
Slime Molds - Protozoa
Olfactory / Smell
Smooth Muscle
Social Behavior
Solitary Behavior
Species - definition
Species names - Binomial nomenclature
Sperm
Sperm Production
Spicules
Spiral Cleavage
Spontaneous generation
Spontaneous Generation and Germ Theory
Spores
Spore Production - Fungi
Spore Release - Fungi
Sporophyte
Sporozoans
Sprouting
Staining
Stamen
Starches
Static Equilibrium
Sterilization Methods
Stomach
Stomates
Strep and Infections
Sub- and Super- groupings
Superorganisms
Swim Bladder
Symbionts - Colonic
Symbionts - Fungal
Symmetry Patterns
Synapses  Synapses
Synovial Fluid

T

Target Cells
Taste
Taxonomy - Determining groups
Taxonomy - Rules for disputes
Taxonomy - Sub- and Super- groupings
Taxonomy - System Organization Levels
Teeth
Temperature-Based Adjustments
Temperature & Chemistry
Temperatures, Fluctuating
Temperature in Oceans
Temperatures, Optimum
Temperature Sense
Tendon
Terminal Digestion & Absorption Region
Terrestrial Transition
Territory
Testes
Test Group - Need for Numbers / Size
Thalamus
3-Step Waste Processing
Threshold Response
Thrombocytes
Thymine
Tissues
Torpor, Daily
Touch
Toxoplasma
Tracheal Systems
Transmission Microscope
Transpiration
Tree Rings
Trochophore Larva
Tropic Hormones
Trypanosomes
Trypanosomes & Immune Response
Tube Digestive System

U

Ultraviolet Vision
Umbilicus
Unicellular  Unicellular vs Multicellular
Uniformitarianism
Uracil
Urea
Uric Acid

V

Vacuole, Contractile
Vacuole, Food
Van Leeuwenhoek
Variable
Vascular Structures
Vector Hosts
Veins
Ventral
Vertebral Column
Vertebrates
Vertebrate Brain
Villi
Viruses
Visceral Mass
Vision
Vitamins

W

Wallace (mid- to late-1800s)
Warning Colors
Water Absorption & Waste Concentration Region
Water Cycle
Water as Nutrient
Waterproofing
Water Vascular System
Wavelength and Frequencies
Weapons
White Blood Cells

X

Xylem

Y

Yeasts

Z

 
 
Zygote - Intro
Zygote, Conifer

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