Invertebrate Zoology (BI2EI4)

Cnidaria and Ctenophores: Feeding, Defense, Sensory Organs, Phylogenetic Position, Human Interactions.

Neurons and Neurotransmitters, Functional morphology, Organisation of Nervous System, Brain Power, Receptors and Sensory Processing, Sensory Processsing

Developmental Sequences, Fertilisation, Development Patterns, Gastrulation, Embryology, Larval Development, Insect Development, Regeneration

Evolutionary Pathways, Sexual/Asexual Reproduction, Sex Determination, Plasticity and Contingency, Life Histories, Reproductive Patterns, Insect Lifestyles, Control of Reproductive Success, Synchronicity, Cycles and Diapauses, Facilitating Phases

Threat Classification, Survivorship Curves, Avoidance, Dissuasion, Repulsion, Internal threats, Response to Stressors, Repair and Ageing.

Marine/Terrestrial Environments, Excretion, Excretory System Structure and Function,

Circulation System, Respiratory pigments, Gas Exchange Organs, Ventilation, Factors affecting Respiration.

Modes of Moving, Physics, Cost, Passive Transport, Forces affecting Movement, Invertbrate mechanical movement, Muscular Locomotion, Muscular activity, Burrowing, Pseudo-Walking, Exoskeletons, Walking, Swimming, Flying, Jumping