General Biology for competitive examinations

      G.L.N.Prasad, Head, Department of Zoology, Govt. College (A) Anantapuramu   

- Ligaments and tendons are formed of connective tissue

- Muscle to bone connection is called tendon 

- Scientific name of horse is Equus cabalus

- Scientific name of donkey is Equus acinus

- Flagellin is a protein present in flagella 

- Pencillium is also called green mould 

- Litmus and some dyes like orcein and orchil are made from lichens

- Bryophyta are called amphibians of plant kingdom 

- Platelets are not true cells

- Cardiac muscles are involuntary, striated and uninucleate 

- Flexibility in plants is due to collenchyma 

- Botanical name of banana is Musa paradisiaca 

- Botanical name of sugar cane is Saccharum officinarum 

- Botanical name of banyan is Ficus religiosa 

- Adipose tissue is present in blubber of whale and hump of camel 

- Areolar tissue helps in repair of tissue and fills up the space inside organs 

- Larynx in birds is non functional 

- Sea wasp by name Chironex fleckeri found sea beaches of Australia is the deadliest coelenterate 

- Loss of appetite is called anorexia 

- Vertical transmission of AIDS occurs from mother to fetus by placenta 

- Master slave symbiotic association is found in lichens