1. Who determines the sex of the baby, genetically speaking?
2. Make sure you know the male secondary sex organs and their homologous female secondary sex organs
3. Make sure you know the difference between primary and secondary sex organs
4. Make sure you understand what gametes are
5. Make sure you understand the roles of Testosterone, Estrogen and Progesterone
6. Make sure you know the correct pathway of sperm cells from formation toejaculation.
7. Make sure you understand what the cremaster muscle does and what the pampiniform plexus is all about
8. Make sure you understand where the prostate gland is and what effect enlargement can have on a male's urethra
9. Make sure you understand what GnRH, LH and FSH do
10. Make sure you understand what meiosis I and meisosis II produce
11. Make sure you understand the difference between a germ cell and a gamete.
12. Know the ligaments of the Ovaries and Uterus
13. Make sure you know when we use the terms blastocyst, embryo, fetus, neonate
14. Make sure you know what the follicle is compose of
15. Make sure you know where fertilization usually takes place
16. Make sure you know both the internal and external female genitalia
17. Know the phases of the menstrual cycle
18. Know the difference between the male and female sexual response especially the refractory period
19. Make sure you know what happens during puberty, both male and female
20. Make sure you understand the difference between climacteric and menapause
21. What is the "feminizing hormone"?
22. Know the stages or structures of prenatal development
23. Understand polyspermy and what prevents it.
24. Understand what the acrosomal reaction is
25. What is the "window of opportunity" regarding conception
26. Know what is produced during the spheroidal stage of early prenatal development
27. Know the different types of twins we talked about
28. Be able to tell me why/when we refer to the developing human as a fetus
29. What is the amnion?
30. Know what the placenta is and when it begins to develop
31. Be able to tell me which organ system develops first following major events of prenatal development
32. When do we use the term neonate/neonatal?
33. What is a teratogen? What does it cause?
34. What is nondisjunction? What can it cause?
35. Which organ system is affected the least by aging?
36. Make sure you go back and understand what atomic number means & what atomic mass means
37. Make sure you know what an organic molecule is!
38. Know the difference between flagella, cilia and microvilli
39. Make sure you know what melanocytes, dendritic cells, Merkel cells and keratinocytes are
40. What is the ABCD rule?
41. What cells form bone? What cells function in resorption? What cells are considered mature osteoblasts?
42. Where would we find yellow bone marrow?
43. Make sure you understand the terms agonist, antagonist, synergist and fixator
44. What structures mark the boundaries of a sarcomere?
45. Know the difference between actin and myosin
46. You'll have 3 sections of matching type questions. These will be recall of facts. Make sure you review:
Visceral peritoneum
The regions of the abdomen
The meninges
The cavities of the body
Terms: Isotopes and Isomers
Terms: phospholipids, glycolipids, glygoproteins
47. Make sure you review the differences between these tissues:
Elastic cartilage
Hyaline cartilage
Fibrocartilage
Fibrous Tissue
Epithelial Tissue
48. Make sure you review the "ABCD" rule!
49. Review very basic chemistry concepts: Atomic #, mass, what an organic compound is!
50. Review these structures/terms/items:
Potassium
Synaptic vesicles
bronchiole diameter
pulmonary artery
elasticity
plasticity