Divisions of Biology

  1. the science of the structure of organisms
    Anatomy
  2. the application of scientific principles of the cultivation of land
    Agronomy
  3. The science of treating the physical, social, material and cultural development of man, his origins, evolution, geography and distribution, ethnology and communal forms.
    Anthropology
  4. The branch of biology dealing with the study of bacteria.
    Bacteriology
  5. the study of the chemical make-up of living things
    Biochemistry
  6. The branch of biology dealing with the study of plants.
    Botony
  7. The scientific study of the structure, organization and function of cells.
    Cytology
  8. The division of biology dealing with organisms and their environments.
    Ecology
  9. The study of the development of organisms.
    Embryology
  10. The branch of zoology dealing with insects.
    Entomology
  11. A field of biology that explores the possibility of life in the universe other than earth.
    Exobiology
  12. The science of interacting genes
    Genetics
  13. The science of the study of blood and blood tissue.
    Hematology
  14. The science of the structure of tissues of plants and animals.
    Histology
  15. The branch of zoology that deals with fishes.
    Ichthyology
  16. The study of immunization.
    Immunitology
  17. The science of the preservation and the restoration of health.
    Medicine
  18. The study of microscopic living things.
    Microbiology
  19. The study of the structure of organisms.
    Morphology
  20. The branch of botany that deals with fungi.
  21. Mycology
  22. The scientific study of cancer.
    Oncology
  23. The branch of zoology dealing with birds.
    Ornithology
  24. The study of prehistoric plants and animals by means of fossils.
    Paleontology.
  25. The study of parasites.
  26. Parisitology
  27. The study of the function of plants and animals.
  28. Physiology
  29. The science of the human mind.
    Psychology
  30. The classification of living things.
    Taxonomy
  31. The study of the virus.
  32. Virology
  33. The study of animals: their structure, function, development, evolution, and classification.
    Zoology
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Divisions of Biology
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