Intro (Morphology & Physiology of Living Things)
FED. SCHOOL OF DENTAL TECH. AND THERAPY, ENUGU
COURSE CODE: - STB 111 COURSE TITLE: - Morphology & Physiology of Living Things (INTRODUCTION)
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LECTURE ONE NOTES
Introduction
General Biology:- Biology as a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. It is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines. Among the most important topics as contained in Biology are five unifying principles that can be said to be the fundamental axioms of modern biology:- 1) Cells are the basic unit of life. 2) New species and inherited traits are the product of evolution. 3) Genes are the basic unit of heredity. 4) An organism regulates its internal environment to maintain a stable and constant condition. 5) Living organisms consume and transform energy.
Morphology & Physiology:- The study of Morphology and Physiology of living things can be traced as far back to early Egyptian civilization (based on their belief that only gods linked with living things/organims i.e. plants & animals) that influences lives. This belief was the epitome of the study of morphology & physiology of living things/organisms; which made a Greek great philosopher (Aristotle) then taught the importance of studying the morphologic & physiologic characteristics of living things/organisms, in an attempt to classify them based on the significant values attached to them Morphology:- Morphology stems from the Greek words "morphe" meaning "form" and "logos" meaning "study." And in biological science, it refers to the form and structure of an organism, or one of the organism's parts. In
COURSE CODE: - STB 111 COURSE TITLE: - Morphology & Physiology of Living Things (INTRODUCTION)
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LECTURE ONE NOTES
Introduction
General Biology:- Biology as a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. It is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines. Among the most important topics as contained in Biology are five unifying principles that can be said to be the fundamental axioms of modern biology:- 1) Cells are the basic unit of life. 2) New species and inherited traits are the product of evolution. 3) Genes are the basic unit of heredity. 4) An organism regulates its internal environment to maintain a stable and constant condition. 5) Living organisms consume and transform energy.
Morphology & Physiology:- The study of Morphology and Physiology of living things can be traced as far back to early Egyptian civilization (based on their belief that only gods linked with living things/organims i.e. plants & animals) that influences lives. This belief was the epitome of the study of morphology & physiology of living things/organisms; which made a Greek great philosopher (Aristotle) then taught the importance of studying the morphologic & physiologic characteristics of living things/organisms, in an attempt to classify them based on the significant values attached to them Morphology:- Morphology stems from the Greek words "morphe" meaning "form" and "logos" meaning "study." And in biological science, it refers to the form and structure of an organism, or one of the organism's parts. In