Question

Branch dealing with the study of cells
(a) Histology
(b) Cytology
(c) Morphology
(d) Anatomy

Answer 1

Hint: The study involves the examination of a single cell and forms the basis of almost all scientific studies.

Complete answer:
The branch of biology which deals with the study of all normal and abnormal components of cells is called Cytology. Cytology involves the examination of cells from the body under a microscope for its study. Cytology studies the wide range of cells of multicellular animals, plants, nucleo-cytoplasmic complexes that are not differentiated into cells (coenocytes, syncytia, plasmodia), unicellular animals and plants, and bacteria. It is fundamental to many biological disciplines, in as much as cell structures form the basis of the structure, functions, and individual development of all living things. It is also an important part of animal histology, plant anatomy, protistology, and bacteriology.
The branch of biology which deals with the study of tissues is called Histology.
The branch of biology which deals with the study of structure and form is called Morphology.
The branch of biology which deals with the bodily structure of humans, animals, and other living organisms, especially as revealed by dissection and the separation of parts is called Morphology.

So, the correct answer is ‘Cytology’.

Note:
1. The English scientist Robert Hooke's microscopic investigations of cork in 1665 began the earliest phase of cytology. He observed dead cork cells and introduced the term “cell” to describe them.
2. George N. Papanicolaou is the father of Modern cytology.
3. Arun Kumar Sharma (A. K. Sharma) is known as the father of Indian cytology for his contribution to the development of various new methods for chromosome analysis and gave a new theory of speciation.