Bio $139$ Module $8$ study guide

What is the difference between mitosis and meiosis?$$ Do not know phases.

What is the function of the seminiferous tubules?

What is the function of the epididymis?

What is the pathway of sperm from testes to urethra?

Know the hormone hierarchy involved with the control of the male reproductive system.

What is the function of FSH and LH in the male?

What is the function of testosterone?

What is the function of inhibin?

What $2$ hormones are needed for sperm production?

What is the spermatic cord?

What are the contents and pH of seminal fluid?

What are the stages of follicular development?

Why are the follicular cells surrounding the developing egg?

What is the function of FSH and LH in the female?

What is the function of progesterone and estrogen?

What are the parts to the fallopian tubes?

What are the parts of the uterus?

What are the two layers of the endometrium?

Know the ovarian and uterine cycles.

What hormone is produced by the embryo if pregnant?

Stage

Day $($s$)$

What is the anterior pituitary doing?

What is happening in the ovary and what is it producing?

Follicular phase

$1$

Ovulation

Luteal Phase

Stage

Day $($s$)$

What is the ovary producing?

What is happening in the uterus?

Menstruation

$1$

Proliferative Phase

Secretory Phase $($assume NO PREGNANCY$)$

Heredity

What are chromosomes?

Homologous chromosomes

Autosomes

Sex chromosomes

What is a gene?$$ Know the following terms related to genes.

Locus

Alleles

Dominant alleles

Recessive

Homozygous trait

Heterozygous trait

What is a genotype?

What is a phenotype?

What is a karyotype?

What is a Punnett square?

Know the following patterns of inheritance.

Strict dominant$-$recessive

Examples

Incomplete dominance

Examples

Codominance

Examples

Polygenic inheritance

Examples

Sex$-$linked inheritance

X$-$linked traits

What is a carrier?

How can the environment influence genetic traits?