How long is human gestation? What are the three major stages?
Describe the process of fertilization and sperm penetration. Include the fast block, and slow block to polyspermy and other events that occur immediately after sperm penetration.
What is the window of time that fertilization can occur?
Waht is the corona radiata and zona pellucida?
Describe preembryonic (conceptus) development, including cleavage, blastocyst structure and function (including the role of the trophoblast and inner cell mass).
What is HCG?
What is the placenta made up of? What is its role?
Describe the extraembryonic membranes: amnion, yolk sac, chorion, and allantois.
Describe gastrulation and organogenesis.
Describe the major events of fetal development.
Describe the physiological and anatomical changes that occur in a woman's body during pregnancy.
Describe the roles of the following hormones on pregnancy: relaxin, HPL, HCT.
Describe how labor is triggered.
Describe the three stages of labor.
What is the Apgar test series?
Describe the process of lactation, including the following: colostrum, prolactin, oxytocin. Also how does lactation relate to postponement of ovulation?
What Tissues are derived from ectoderm, mesoderm & endoderm?