Ch 28 Learning Objectives

Reproductive System

28.1.1 List the similarities between the female and male reproductive systems.

28.1.2 Identify the hormones responsible for initiating puberty (s3xual maturation).

28.1.3 Compare the components of the perineum between females and males.

28.2.4 Distinguish between autosomes and sex chromosomes.

28.2.5 Explain why somatic cells are diploid but gametes must be haploid.

28.2.6 Compare and contrast meiosis and mitosis.

28.2.7 Describe events during interphase, before cell division begins, and the specific steps of meiosis.

28.2.8 Explain the difference between homologous chromosome pairs and sister chromatids.

28.2.9 Describe the events of meiosis I.

28.2.10 Describe the events of meiosis II and the final outcome of the two stages of meiosis.

28.3.11 Describe the gross and microscopic anatomy of the ovary.

28.3.12 Compare the different types of ovarian follicles that form in the ovary.

28.3.13 List the hormones responsible for oogenesis, and explain each hormone’s effect on oogenesis.

28.3.14 Describe the ovarian follicles that develop before birth and those that form after puberty.

28.3.15 Explain the three phases of the ovarian cycle.

28.3.16 Describe the anatomy and function of the uterine tubes.

28.3.17 List the functions of the uterus, and compare its three tunics.

28.3.18 Describe the anatomy of the vagina.

28.3.19 Compare the three phases of the uterine cycle.

28.3.20 List and explain what hormones influence the events in each part of the ovarian cycle.

28.3.21 Explain how the ovarian cycle and the uterine cycle are interrelated.

28.3.22 Describe the components of the female external genitalia.

28.3.23 Describe the anatomy of the mammary glands.

28.3.24 Compare the hormones responsible for milk production and milk ejection.

28.3.25 Explain how the female sexual response and orgasm is elicited.

28.4.26 Identify and describe the gross anatomy and function of the scrotum.

28.4.27 Describe the gross anatomy and microscopic anatomy of the testes.

28.4.28 Explain the process of spermatogenesis and spermiogenesis.

28.4.29 Compare and contrast spermatogenesis with oogenesis.

28.4.30 Explain the function of each component of the ducts associated with the male reproductive system.

28.4.31 Trace the pathway that sperm travel through the testes and duct system.

28.4.32 Describe the anatomy and function of the accessory glands.

28.4.33 Compare and contrast sperm, seminal fluid, and semen.

28.4.34 List the major components of semen and which accessory gland produces each component.

28.4.35 Describe the structure and functions of the penis.

28.4.36 Compare and contrast the processes of erection and ejaculation.

28.4.37 Explain how the male sexual response (and ejaculation) is elicited.

28.5.38 Compare and contrast genetic versus phenotypic sex.

28.5.39 List the gene(s) responsible for producing a phenotypic male.

28.5.40 Describe what anatomic structures are formed from the mesonephric and paramesonephric ducts.

28.5.41 Describe the events that cause the female internal reproductive organs to develop.

28.5.42 Identify the hormone responsible for inducing paramesonephric duct degeneration, and identify the cells responsible for secreting this hormone.

28.5.43 List the common primordial external genitalia structures, and compare their development in females and males.

28.5.44 Give the common definition for puberty, and list the age range during which it commonly occurs.

28.5.45 List some of the common developmental events that occur during puberty.

28.5.46 Give the common definition and symptoms for menopause.

28.5.47 Describe events of the male climacteric.