-BIO 113 - Dr. Harney
-Study Guide - Final Exam
Remember to use the previous study guides as well to prepare for the final exam.
1) Know the anatomical structures of the female reproductive tract.
2) How are the gonadotropins regulated and where is their site of action ?
3) Describe the events associated with follicular development. What two cell types are involved and what steroids do they secrete ?
4) What the actions of estrogen in the female ? What effect does it have on the uterine lining ?
5) What induces ovulation and where in the menstrual cycle does it occur ?
6) What is luteinization and what steroid is released from the corpus luteum ? What is it’s action in
the female and especially the uterine lining ?
7) If fertilization and therefore, pregnancy does not occur what happens to the corpus
luteum ?
8) If pregnancy does occur what hormone is responsible for stimulating the corpus luteum
to continue it’s secretion.
9) What is menses and what tissue is involved and why ?
10) What are the proliferative and secretory phases ? What are the follicular and luteal
phases and what are the estrogenic and progesteronic phases ?
11) What phase does the birth control pill most mimic ? How does the birth control pill
work and what is different and why about about a woman’s menstrual period when she
is on the pill ?
12) If a woman were to conceive while on the pill why is pregnancy establishment still
unlikely ?
13) What is different between men and women with regard to gametogenesis ?
14) When does Meiosis I begin in females ? When is Meiosis I completed ? When is
Meiosis II completed ?
15) What does the above suggest about women in their forties who are trying to have
children ?
16) Name and briefly describe 2 gradients and how they play a role in the proper
functioning of any physiological systems we have discussed this semester.
17) Pick your favorite second messenger pathway and describe how it works.
18) Pick your favorite endocrine axis and list the hormones, their sources and targets/
19) Pick your favorite ion and specifically identify 2 physiological events associated with
that ion.
20) Pick your favorite 5 hormones and state their source, target and action.
21) Pick any 2 physiological systems and discuss their interactions with one another.
22) How does the body regulate temperature and pH and why ? Be specific
23) You get the idea so try to pull everything together!!! Good luck