What process do we call "the separation of a parent into two or more individuals of the same size"?
What is Fission
100
What is the formation of gametes?
What is Gametogenesis
100
What is the process of rapid succession of cell division following fertilization
What is Cleavage
200
Once sperm is developed, it enters the ___________. which meets with the seminal vesicle.
What is Vas Deferens
200
Where in the Female Reproductive System does fertilization occur?
What is Fallopian Tubes/Oviduct
200
What is Fragmentation?
What is Breaking of a parent body into several pieces, some or all of which may become full grown adults
-Requires regeneration
200
During spermatogenesis, what cell is produced during Meiosis I
What is Secondary Spermatocyte
200
After gastrulation, the cells layer themselves into three initial layers. Name the layers and their future functions.
What is
-Ectoderm: Skin & Nervous System
-Endoderm: Digestive & hollow organs
-Mesoderm: Muscles & Bones
300
Where in the body do sperm develop?
What is Epididymis
300
Thick muscular wall of the uterus is called _____
What is The Endometrium
300
What is a solution for an immobile species that must undergo sexual reproduction?
What is Hermaphroditism
300
Releasing of an egg cell is called what process?
What is Ovulation
300
What will the Allantois eventually become?
What is Umbilical Cord
400
What gland are all three fluids and sperm stored in while waiting to leave the body?
What is Ejaculatory Duct
400
Once an egg is fertilized, what part of female reproductive system released estrogen?
What is Corpus Luteum
400
What are two advantages to asexual reproduction?
What is 1. No need for a mate, 2. no energy needed for fertilization, 3. can make quick offspring, 4. good for species well-suited for their environment
400
Why does the menstrual cycle occur each month?
What is unfertilized egg & Endometrium must leave the body to make room for new egg
400
What will the Chorion layer of the embryo eventually develop into a part of?
What is Placenta
500
What are the names of the three glands that secrete fluid to leave the body with sperm?
What is Seminal Vesicle, Prostate Gland, Bulbourethral Gland
500
What is found in ovaries that nourish and releases an egg every 28 days starting at puberty?
What is Follicles
500
Describe External Fertilization
What is Gametes are released into the outside environment in which they will meet. Common in aquatic animals
500
Describe each step of fertilization.
What is Sperm fights through follicle cells
-Releases acrosome to break down outer jelly layers to vitelline layer
-Egg's receptor cells bind to sperm
-Sperm's plasma membrane binds w/ egg
-Sperm's nucleus enters egg cell
-Vitelline layer become fertilization envelope
-Egg & Sperm Nuclei bind to create diploid cell
500
Following Dilation, what two stages remain in birth?