Contents

1. Introduction to Kingdom Animalia

1. General Features of Animals

1.1 Construction of Animal Organization

1.2 Division of Animal Kingdom

2. Phylum Protozoa

2.1 Locomotory Organelles and Locomotion in Protozoa

3. Phylum Porifera

3.1 Canal System Introduction

4. Phylum Coelenterata or Cnidaria

4.1 Polymorphism in Hydrozoa

5. Phylum Platyhelminthes

6. Phylum Aschelminthes / Nemathelmithes (Previously Pseudocoelomata)

7. Phylum Annelida

8. Phylum Arthropoda

8.1 Metamorphosis in Insects (Drosophila)

9. Phylum Mollusca

10. Phylum Echinodermata

11. Phylum Hemichordata

2. Outline Classification of Chordates with Examples

1. Phylum Chordata

1.1 Classification of Chordata

2. Applications of Animal Classification in our day-to-day Lives

3. Animal Tissues: (Histology)

1. Introduction

2. Epithelial Tissues

2.1 Characteristics of Epithelial Tissues

2.2 Classification of Epithelial Tissues

3. Connective Tissue

3.1 Characteristics of Connective Tissue

3.2 Classification of Connective Tissue

4. Muscular Tissue

4.1 Characteristic Features of Muscular Tissue

4.2 Classification of Muscles

4.3 Differences between Smooth Muscles and Striated Muscles

5. Nervous Tissue

6. Types of Bones

4. Introduction to Invertebrate and Vertebrate Model System

1. Introduction to Invertebrate Model System

2. Type of Invertebrate:  Hydra

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Classification

2.3 Habit, Habitat and Culture

2.4 External Structure of Hydra

2.5 Internal Structure of Hydra

2.6 Locomotion of Hydra

2.7 Nutrition of Hydra

2.8 Respiration, Excretion and Osmoregulation of Hydra

2.9 Nervous System

2.10 Behaviour of Hydra

2.11 Reproduction

3. C.elegans

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Classification

3.3 Habit and Habitat

3.4 Characteristics of C.elegans

3.5 Internal Organs

3.6 Adult Male Anatomy

3.7 Life cycle

4. Drosophila Melanogaster

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Habit and habitat

4.3 Classification

4.4 Morphology /Anatomy

5. Honey Bee

5.1 Habits and Habitat

5.2 Distribution

5.3 Scientific classification

5.4 Types of Honey Bee

5.5 Bee Colony and Castes

5.6 Queen

5.7 Drones

5.8 The Life Cycle of a Bee

5.9 Communication

5.10 Apiculture

6. Frog (Rana Tigrina); A Common Indian Bull Frog

6.1 Circulatory System

6.2 Lymphatic System of Frog

6.3 Nervous System (CNS, PNS, ANS) and Sense Organs

6.4 Sense Organs

6.5 Musculoskeletal System

6.6 Urinogenital System

6.7 Toads