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The fertilized ovum, or zygote, contains 46 chromosomes. These come from the combination of 23 chromosomes from the egg cell and 23 chromosomes from the sperm cell.

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How many chromosomes does the sperm call contain?

1 - it determines the sex if it fertilises the ovum


Which organ nourishes the fertilized ovum?

The uterus nourishes the fertilized ovum.


What is another term for fertilized ovum?

Another term for fertilized ovum is a zygote.


How many chromosomes are found in a human ovum?

23


What is the medical term meaning fertilized ovum?

A fertilized ovum is called a zygote.


How many chromosomes doesn't a human egg have?

A human egg, or ovum, contains 23 chromosomes. This is half the number of chromosomes found in a typical human somatic cell, which has 46 chromosomes. The reduction to 23 chromosomes occurs through a process called meiosis, ensuring that when the egg combines with a sperm cell, the resulting fertilized egg has the full complement of 46 chromosomes.


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.


Where fertilized ovum developed?

Uterus


What is formed when the ovum is fertilized?

zygote


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.


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


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