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Fertilization is a very complicated process. It starts with the sperm cell entering the uterus. The sperm travels through the vagina and cervix into the uterus where it travels up the oviducts (fallopian tubes). While thousands of sperm enter, only a few will actually reach the egg. Of these few only one will enter. Once the sperm enters its merges with the egg forming a zygote. Fertilization can only occur in the oviducts, and during a specific period of time, ovulation. This is fertilization in essence. The entire process of egg secretion, priming the reproductive organs for a baby, and the baby growing is a very complicated process. However, fertilization is just the act of the sperm meeting the egg and merging to form a zygote. This is also a simple view of the process. For a more complicated on, if needed. Go to http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_fertilization .

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