Unit -1

General classification of Animal Kingdom – general characteristics of Invertebrate,  Chordata  and  Vertebrata.  Parasites  of  human  – Plasmodium, Tapeworm. Vector and vector control – mosquitoes.

Video Lectures (Watch the video files with headphone for audio clarity and note the points in course journal (CJ), submit the same to course teacher & get signed) (to know what is CJ click HERE). To find the key points that should be there in CJ, click HERE

1. General classification of animal kingdom (Lect 1)

2. Schematic representation of the animal kingdom (Lect 2)

3. General characteristics and features of the invertebrates (Lect 3)

4. An overall view about the 9 important invertebrates phyla (Lect 4a; Lect 4b; Lect 4c)

5. Life cycle of Ascidia (Lect 5)

6. Canal system in sponges (Lect 6)

7. Respiration in mollusks (Lect 7)

8. Respiration in arthropods (Lect 8)

9. Economic uses of sponges (Lect 9)

10. Larval forms of Echinodermata (Lect 10)

11. Primary function of exoskeleton (Lect 11)

12. Class Polychaeta (Lect 12)

13. General characteristic features of chordates (Lect 13)

14. General characteristic features of vertebrates (Lect 14)

15. Substantiate the statement "All vertebrates are chordates, but not all chordates are vertebrates." (Lect 15)

16. Parasites of human, highlighting the Plasmodium (causing Malaria) (Lect 16) and Tapeworm (Lect 17)

17. Justify the statement "Proglottids are not true segments" (Lect 18)

18. Ascariasis (Lect 19) 

19. Lymphatic filariasis (Lect 20)

20. Amoebiasis (Lect 21)

21. Parasitic adaptations of the endoparasites (Lect 22)

22. Ectoparasites (Lect 23) 

23. Vector-borne diseases and their control (Lect 24)

24. Biological methods of vector control (Lect 25)

25. Biological control of mosquito (Lect 26) 

NOTE: Lectures in bright white indicate important topics and lectures in dull grey indicate topics of lesser importance