ZOOLOGY FOR NEET & NET
        G.L.N.Prasad, Head, Dept of Zoology, Govt.UG & PG College (M), Anantapur

1. Study of effect of radiation on life is called radiobiology. It is also called actinobiology.
2. Study of acquired characters is called ctetology
3. Study of whales is cetology
4. Study of sleep is hypnology
5. Study of effect of light on living organisms is photobiology
6. Study of joints and ligaments is syndesmology
7. Study of diseases is nosology
8. Study of unfavorable conditions to human race is called dysgeneics
9. Indigestion is also known as dyspepsia
10. Vomiting is also known as emesis
11. In man 12 teeth are monophyodont
12. Monophyodont teeth in man are premolars
13. Study of function less rudimentary organs is dysteleology
14. Parturition is a complex neuroendocrine mechanism
15. In a woman, labor pains can be induced artificially by administering oxytocin  or prostaglandins.
16. Horned toad is a desert lizard but not an amphibian
17. Bombinator is known for warning coloration
18. Xenopus is a frog used in a test to confirm human pregnancy
19. The term dinosaurs means "terrible lizard"
20. Eosinophils have receptors for IgE antibodies
21. Haematocrit is calculated by Wintrobe tube
22. Bird continent is located in South America
23. High levels of estrogens inhibit prolactin
24. Hormones are also known as autocoids
25. Prostaglandins are discovered in human semen.