Zoology - XII Syllabus (75 Teaching Hours)
UNIT 1: ANIMAL TISSUES (8 TEACHING HOURS)
- Epithelial, connective, muscular and nervous tissues
UNIT 2: DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (6 TEACHING HOURS)
i. Development of Frog:
- Fertilization
- Cleavage
- Morulation
- Blastulation
- Gastrulation
- Formation of germinal layers
- Coelom and tissue formation
ii. Gametogeneisis in animal
UNIT 3: HUMAN BIOLOGY AND HEALTH (50 TEACHING HOUR)
- Nutrition: digestive organs and digestion of food
- Respiratory organs and mechanism
- Circulation: Blood, heart and its action, Arterial and venous systems (Major arteries and veins), Blood groups, Rh – factor, Blood pressure and lymph (definition)
- Excretion: Excretory organs, mechanism of urine formation, osmoregulation and homeostatic mechanism (temperature regulation, kidney and liver control system)
- Nervous co – ordination: Types of nervous system, structure and function of brain, Transmission of nerve impulse
- Endocrinology: Structures, functions and disorders of pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, pancreas and adrenal glands
- Sense organs: Structure and function of eye and ear
- Reproduction: Reproductive organs
- Human population: Growth, problem and control strategies
- Human Diseases:
- Socially significant: Drug abuse, alcoholism and smoking
- Communicable: Typhoid, Tuberculosis, Ascariasis and AIDS
- Non – communicable: Cancer
- Concept of kalazar and hepatitis
UNIT 4: APPLICATION OF BIOLOGY (11 TEACHING HOURS)
- Antibiotics Vaccines (Type and Application)
- Tissue and Organs Transplantation
- Test – tube baby
- Amniocentesis
- Introduction to poultry farming and fish farming