Medical (NEET) Syllabus: Biology

UNIT I: DIVERSITY IN LIVING WORLD
  • What is living?
  • Need for classification
  • Taxonomy & Systematics
  • Concept of species and taxonomical hierarchy
  • Binomial nomenclature
  • Five kingdom classification
  • salient features and classification of Monera
  • Protista and Fungi into major groups; Lichens
  • Viruses and Viroids. Salient features and classification of plants into major groups-Algae, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms (three to five salient and distinguishing features and at least two examples of each category)
UNIT V: HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
  • Breathing and Respiration
  • Emphysema
  • Occupational respiratory disorders
  • Blood vessels
  • Osmoregulation
  • ADH and Diabetes insipidus
  • Role of other organs in excretion
  • Disorders
  • Uraemia
  • Renal failure
  • Renal calculi
  • Nephritis
  • Dialysis and artificial kidney
  • Disorders of muscular and skeletal system
  • Arthritis
  • Osteoporosis
  • Acromegaly
  • Exopthalmic goiter
  • Addison’s disease
  • (Imp: Diseases and disorders mentioned above to be dealt in brief)
UNIT X: ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
  • Organisms and environment Population interactions mutualism, competition. predation, parasitism
  • Population attributes-growth
  • Birth rate and death rate
  • Age distribution
  • Ecosystem: Patterns, components
  • Productivity and decomposition
  • Energy flow
  • Pyramids of number
  • Biomass
  • Energy

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