First course in biology

Name: First course in biology
Author: Walter Moore Coleman L. H. Bailey

by Walter Moore Coleman L. H. Bailey

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FIRST COURSE IN BIOLOGY
PREFACE
CONTENTS
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS
How a Candle Burns
I. Oxygen
II. Carbon
III. Carbon dioxid
PLANT BIOLOGY
CHAPTER I NO TWO PLANTS OR PARTS ARE ALIKE
CHAPTER II THE STRUGGLE TO LIVE
CHAPTER III THE SURVIVAL OF THE FIT
CHAPTER IV PLANT SOCIETIES
CHAPTER V THE PLANT BODY
CHAPTER VI SEEDS AND GERMINATION
CHAPTER VII THE ROOT—THE FORMS OF ROOTS
CHAPTER VIII THE ROOT.—FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE
CHAPTER IX THE STEM—KINDS AND FORMS; PRUNING
CHAPTER X THE STEM—ITS GENERAL STRUCTURE
CHAPTER XI LEAVES—FORM AND POSITION
CHAPTER XII LEAVES—STRUCTURE OR ANATOMY
CHAPTER XIII LEAVES—FUNCTION OR WORK
CHAPTER XIV DEPENDENT PLANTS
CHAPTER XV WINTER AND DORMANT BUDS
CHAPTER XVI BUD PROPAGATION
CHAPTER XVII HOW PLANTS CLIMB
CHAPTER XVIII THE FLOWER—ITS PARTS AND FORMS
CHAPTER XIX THE FLOWER—FERTILIZATION AND POLLINATION
CHAPTER XX FLOWER-CLUSTERS
CHAPTER XXI FRUITS
CHAPTER XXII DISPERSAL OF SEEDS
CHAPTER XXIII PHENOGAMS AND CRYPTOGAMS
CHAPTER XXIV STUDIES IN CRYPTOGAMS
Bacteria
Algæ
Fungi
Lichens
Liverworts
Mosses (Bryophyta)
Equisetums, or Horsetails (Pteridophyta)
Isoëtes (Pteridophyta)
Club-Mosses (Pteridophyta)
ANIMAL BIOLOGY
CHAPTER I THE PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY
CHAPTER II PROTOZOA (One-celled Animals)
The ameba
The Slipper Animalcule or Paramecium
CHAPTER III SPONGES
CHAPTER IV POLYPS (CUPLIKE ANIMALS)
The Hydra, or Fresh Water Polyp
CHAPTER V ECHINODERMS (SPINY ANIMALS)
The Starfish
The Sea Urchin
Other Echinoderms
CHAPTER VI WORMS
CHAPTER VII CRUSTACEANS
Crawfish
CHAPTER VIII INSECTS
The Grasshopper
Anatomy and General Characteristics of the Class Insecta
CHAPTER IX MOLLUSKS
The Fresh-water Mussel
CHAPTER X FISHES
CHAPTER XI BATRACHIA
Tadpoles
Frogs
CHAPTER XII REPTILIA (REPTILES)
Study of a Turtle or Tortoise
CHAPTER XIII BIRDS
CHAPTER XIV MAMMALS (BEASTS AND MAN)
HUMAN BIOLOGY
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER II THE SKIN
CHAPTER III THE SKELETON
CHAPTER IV THE MUSCLES
CHAPTER V THE CIRCULATION
The Lymphatic System
Hygiene of the Circulation
CHAPTER VI THE RESPIRATION
CHAPTER VII FOOD AND DIGESTION
CHAPTER VIII THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Hygiene of the Nervous System
CHAPTER IX THE SENSES
CHAPTER X BACTERIA AND SANITATION
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