Biology

 

When we say biology we are talking about living organisms or life. Biology is the scientifuc study of living organism. Here bio means life. Scientifically we can say "Biology is the natural science that studies life and living organisms, including their physical structure, chemical processes, molecular interactions, physiological mechanisms, development and evolution".

There are mainly 3 branches of biology. They are

1. Botany- Botany is the scientific study of plants, including their physiology, structure, genetics, and ecology.

2. Zoology- Zoology is the scientific study of the behavior, structure, physiology, classification, and distribution of animals.

3. Microbiology- Microbiology is the study of microscopic organisms, those being unicellular, multicellular, or acellular.

Among them there are many subdivisions present. Some of them are

1. Biophysics- Biophysics is the science of the application of the laws of physics to biological phenomena.

2. Biochemistry- Biochemistry is the branch of biology concerned with the chemical and physiochemical processes that occur within living organisms.

3. Biitechnology-Biotechnology is the exploitation of biological processes such as genetic manipulation of micro-organisms for the production of antibiotics, hormones, etc.

4. Immunology- Immunology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with immunity.

5. Cell biology- Cell biology is the study of cell structure and function, and it revolves around the concept that the cell is the fundamental unit of life.

6. Biostatistics- Biostatistics are the development and application of statistical methods to a wide range of topics in biology. It encompasses the design of biological experiments, the collection and analysis of data from those experiments and the interpretation of the results.

7. Bioethics- Bioethics is the study of the ethical issues emerging from advances in biology and medicine. It is also moral discernment as it relates to medical policy and practice.

8. Ecology- Ecology is the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings

9. Evolution-Evolution is the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth (Darwinism).

 

10. Anatomy- Anatomy is the branch of biology that deals with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts.

11. Physiology- Physiology is the branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts.

12. Genetics- Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in living organisms.

13. Marine biology- Marine biology is the scientific study of organisms in the ocean or other marine bodies of water.

14. Mycology-Mycology is the scientific study of fungi.

15. Parasitology- Parasitology is the branch of biology or medicine concerned with the study of parasitic organisms.

16. Molecular biology- Molecular biology is the branch of biology that deals with the structure and function of the proteins and nucleic acids.

17. Photo biology- Photobiology is the scientific study of the interactions of light and living organisms.

18. Phycology- Phycology is the scientific study of algae.

18. Plant physiology- Plant physiology is a sub-discipline of botany concerned with the functioning, or physiology, of plants.

19. Radiology- Radiobiology is a branch of biology that involves the study of the action of ionizing radiation on living things.

20. Structural biology- Structural biology is a branch of molecular biology, biochemistry, and biophysics dealing with the molecular structure of biological macro-molecules.

21. Theoretical biology- Theoretical biology (aka Mathematical biology) is an interdisciplinary scientific research field with a range of applications in biology, biotechnology, and medicine.

22. Virology- Virology is the branch of science that deals with the study of viruses.

23. Biomedicine- Biomedicine (also referred to as Western medicine, mainstream medicine or conventional medicine) is a branch of medical science that applies biological and physiological principles to clinical practice.