REPRODUCTIVE AND HUMAN LIFE CYCLE MAC HIGGINS & MEGAN TALLEY

FUNCTIONS OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM ▸ What is the reproductive system? ▸ Why is it necessary?

FEMALE ▸ Primary Sex Organs: Ovaries ▸ Internal Accessory Organs: Uterine Tubes, Uterus, Vagina ▸ External Reproductive Organs: Vulva: ▸ Labia Majora ▸ Labia Minora ▸ Clitoris ▸ Vestibule

FEMALE HORMONES ▸ 2 major groups of hormones ▸ Estrogen ▸ Progesterone ▸ Androgen

MALE ▸ Primary sex organ: Testes ▸ Internal Accessory Organs: Epididymis, Vas Deferens, Seminal Vesicle, Prostate Gland, Bulbourethral Glands, Seman ▸ External Reproductive Organs: Scrotum and Penis

MALE HORMONES ▸ Androgen ▸ Testosterone ▸ What are the 5 changes that it causes? ▸ What do the testes do?

MALE MEIOSIS ▸ Spermatogenesis ▸ 2 divisions ▸ Spermocyte

FEMALE MEIOSIS ▸ Oogenesis ▸ Primary Oocyte / Secondary Oocyte

OVULATION/ MATURATION ▸ What is maturation? ‣ What is ovulation?

PUBERTY ▸ Spermatogenesis & Oogenesis ▸ Puberty in males ▸ Puberty in females ▸ Age

FERTILIZATION AND THE HUMAN LIFE CYCLE ▸ What is fertilization? ▸ What is pregnancy? ▸ Early Embryonic development ▸ Embryonic stage ▸ Fetal stage ▸ Neonatal stage ▸ Rest of Life

FERTILIZATION & HUMAN LIFE CYCLE CONTINUED

BIRTH ▸ What hormones cause the birth process? ▸ What is labor?

GENETICS ▸ What are autosomes vs sex chromosomes? ▸ Homozygous ▸ Heterozygous ▸ Genotype vs Phenotype ▸ Dominant & Recessive Inheritance

GENETIC TESTING & ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES ▸ Karyotype ▸ 6 most common assisted reproductive technologies

UNFERTILIZED/ MENSTRUAL CYCLE

CONTRACEPTION AND BIRTH CONTROL ▸ What is contraception? ▸ Coitus Interruptus ▸ Rhythm Method ▸ Chemical Barriers ▸ Combined Hormone Contraceptives ▸ Injectable Contraception

CONTRACEPTION AND BIRTH CONTROL CONTINUED ▸ Intrauterine Devices ▸ Surgical Methods ▸ Mechanical Barriers

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS ▸ Aka Silent Infections ▸ 6 most prevalent STDs ▸ 8 symptoms of these diseases