Review Sheet for Chapter 12 Test: Be able to define:

all terms associated w/ female & male reproductive anatomy

amniocentesis

asexual reproduction

corpus luteum

crossing over

ectopic pregnancy

egg

external & internal fertilization

follicle

haploid and diploid

homologous pair/ homologs

oogenesis

ova/ovum

ovulation

oxytocin

polar body

sexual reproduction

sperm

spermatogenesis

synapsis

tetrad

tubal ligation

vasectomy

Understand these concepts or processes, & understand how they may interrelate. Be able to explain them fully. If there is a picture involved, make sure you know how to draw it.

· Types of asexual reproduction

· Advantages and disadvantages of sexual and asexual reproduction

· Examples and advantages/disadvantages of internal & external fertilization

· The process/stages of meiosis

· Be able to compare and contrast mitosis and meiosis

· Be able to explain why you ended up different than your siblings using information from this chapter

· Spermatogenesis as compared to oogenesis (use packet and notes)

· Why are egg and sperm the shape and size that they are?

· Physiology (function) and location of female reproductive parts

· Physiology (function) and location of male reproductive parts

· The menstrual cycle- use handout, be able to fill in “blanks” version.

· What happens if fertilization occurs?/…if no fertilization, what occurs?

· Types of hormones and what they do (GnRH, LH, FSH, estrogen, progesterone, HCG, testosterone)

· Male hormonal control of testes

· Contraceptive methods

· Spermatogenesis as compared to oogenesis (use packet and notes)

· Why are egg and sperm the shape and size that they are?