Biology 11 Biology 11
UNIT I: DIVERSITY OF LIVING ORGANISMS
- The Living World
- What is living?
- Need for classification
- Taxonomy & Systematics
- Concept of species and taxonomical hierarchy
- Binomial nomenclature
- Biological Classification
- Five kingdom classification
- Salient features and classification of Monera
- Protista and Fungi into major groups
- Lichens
- Viruses
- Viroids
- Plant Kingdom
- Salient features and classification of plants into major groups - Algae, Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae and Angiospermae (salient and distinguishing features and a few examples of each category)
- Angiosperms - classification up to class, characteristic features and examples
- Animal Kingdom
- Salient features and classification of animals, non-chordates up to phyla level and chordates up to class level (salient features and distinguishing features of a few examples of each category) (No live animals or specimen should be displayed)
UNIT II: STRUCTURAL ORGANISATION IN ANIMALS AND PLANTS
- Morphology of Flowering Plants
- Anatomy of Flowering Plants
- Anatomy and functions of different tissues and tissue systems in dicots and monocots
- Secondary growth
- Structural Organisation in Animals
UNIT III: CELL: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
- Cell-The Unit of Life
- Plant cell and animal cell
- Micro bodies
- Cytoskeleton
- Biomolecules
- Cell Cycle and Cell Division
UNIT IV: PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
- Photosynthesis in Higher Plants
- Respiration in Plants
- Plant - Growth and Development
- Seed germination
UNIT V: HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
- Breathing and Exchange of Gases
- Emphysema
- Occupational respiratory disorders
- Body Fluids and Circulation
- Blood vessels
- Excretory Products and their Elimination
- Osmoregulation
- ADH and Diabetes insipidus
- Role of other organs in excretion
- Disorders
- Uraemia, Renal failure, Renal calculi, Nephritis
- Dialysis and artificial kidney
- Locomotion and Movement
- Disorders of muscular and skeletal system
- Arthritis, Osteoporosis
- Neural control and Coordination
- Reflex action
- Sensory perception
- Sense organs
- Elementary structure and functions of eye and ear
- Chemical Coordination and Integration
- Exopthalmic goiter
- Addison’s disease (Note: Diseases and disorders mentioned above to be dealt in brief.)