Aim High Colleges, Inc.

National Highway, Buluan, Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay

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General Zoology

This course subject is intended for BS Midwifery I which has 6 units, 3 units for lectures and 3 units for
laboratory. The students shall be given a laboratory activity in accordance to the laboratory manual in
General Zoology (BIOL 1413). Meanwhile, the lectures will go as follows in the topic outlines below.

Prelim Period
Unit 1: Chemical Basis of Animal Life
 Basics understanding of chemistry and biology

 atoms, compounds, molecules

 atomic number, atomic masses and energy-level shell

 covalent, hydrogen and ionic bonds

 pH scale

 6 major functions of all membranes

 cells

 composition and functions of the nucleus

 surface-to-volume ratio in cell size

 homeostasis and selective permeability

 single diffusion, facilitated diffusion, osmosis, filtration, active transport, endocytosis

 4 major types of tissues in animals and the various classes of these tissues

Midterm Period
Unit 2: Energy: Basic Concepts, Enzymes and the harvesting of energy from nutrients
 definition of energy

 animals use of radiant energy from the sun

 laws of energy transformation

 exergonic and endergonic reactions

 catabolic and anabolic reactions

  ATP<>ADP and the significance of the compounds to living cells

Prefinal Period

Unit 3: Cell Division and Inheritance

 definition of Gene, genetics, Inheritance and related terms

 diploid, haploid and polyploidy conditions

 molecular basis of various inheritance patterns

Final Period

Unit 4: Taxonomy classification and Frog Dissection

 Classification of animals

 3 domains

 Kingdoms of Domain Eukarya

 Phyla of Kingdom Animalia

 Phylum Chordata

 Phylum Arthropoda

 Phylum Mollusca

 The frog: cells, blood cells, scientific classification, etymology, morphology, physiology and

locomotion

Prepared by:

Arfaida A. Ladja
Name of Lecturer