Truly modern molecular biology emerged with the uncovering of the structure of DNA in the 1960s and concurrent advances in biochemistry and genetics. Molecular biology is one of three primary molecular-scale biological sciences, the others being biochemistry and genetics.
1 Students should know the parts and functions of the circulatory and respiratory systems and how they work together for respiration. 2  Students should also understand what homeostasis is and that all living things must be able to maintain homeostasis.
act as the functional units of the respiratory system by passing oxygen into the body and carbon dioxide out of the body. Finally, the muscles of respiration, including the diaphragm and intercostal muscles, work together to act as a pump, pushing air into and out of the lungs during breathing. Anatomy of the Respiratory System Nose and Nasal Cavity