What is the most used scientific study of the morphology of the adult human body ?
** Acarology – study of the taxon of arachnids that contains mites and ticks * Entomology – study of insects ** Myrmecology – scientific study of ants , a branch of entomology ** Coleopterology – study of beetles ** Lepidopterology – study of a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies ( called lepidopterans ) * Ethology – study of animal behavior * Helminthology – study of worms , especially parasitic worms * Herpetology – study of reptiles and amphibians * Ichthyology – study of fish * Malacology – branch of invertebrate zoology which deals with the study of the Mollusca ( mollusks or molluscs ) , the second - largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods .