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Fertilization of the ovum by a sperm cell occurs in the third of the Fallopian tube nearest each ovary.

Interesting fact: The fallopian is about the diameter of a pencil. The ovum is about the size of a period on a page.

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Which organ nourishes the fertilized ovum?

The uterus nourishes the fertilized ovum.


What is the medical term meaning fertilized ovum?

A fertilized ovum is called a zygote.


What is formed when the ovum is fertilized?

zygote


Where fertilized ovum developed?

Uterus


The fertilized ovum divides and implants into the wall of the uterus during which stage of gestation?

The fertilized ovum implants in uterine in blastula stage


Can the fertilized ovum be placed into the cervix?

In IVF, the fertilized ovum is normally placed much higher than the cervix. The ovum would not be able to move from the cervix to the uterus for implantation.


Where do periods come from?

Its the food that a fertilized ovum eats in the early stages of pregnancy if the ovum isn't fertilized then it leaks out because you don't need it


What is it called when an egg isn't fertilized?

An ovum.


When the ovum is fertilized by the sperm this is called?

Implantation


What do you call the fertilized egg cell?

A fertilized cell is when a mature ovum (egg) is fertilized by a sperm. It becomes a fertilized cell. The sperm enters the ovum and the tail drops off. Then mitosis occurs and the cell continues to develop.


The female gamete is called what?

The female gamete is called an ovum or an egg. This is the cell that is fertilized by the male gamete known as the sperm.


Does blighted ovum lacks the maternal genome?

No. A blighted ovum is a fertilized egg that fails to progress. To be fertilized, there is chromosomal material inside of it. However, there is often many chromosomal abnormalities associated with the blighted ovum, which is usually why it did not develop further into a full pregnancy.