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Fertilization is the process describing the union of the sperm cell and the ovum.

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What is joining of an egg and a sperm?

The joining of an egg and a spermatazoan (sperm) is called fertilization.


What is the joining of a sperm and an egg?

The joining of an egg and a spermatazoan (sperm) is called fertilization.


When a sperm and egg join what is the single cell called?

The single cell formed when a sperm fertilizes an egg is called a zygote.


What is the process when sperm joining the egg called?

FERTILIZATION


After a sperm fertilizes and egg what is the egg called?

A fertalized egg is a zygote.


When a sperm unites with an egg what is the fertilized egg?

The gametes, or "sex cells" - the sperm and ovum (egg) - become the fertilized egg (zygote) when they fuse.


What are the egg and the sperm cells called?

The cell formed after fertilization by sperm and egg is called a zygote. A zygote is a diploid cell, meaning a cell that has two sets of chromosomes (one from egg, one from sperm).


What are egg and sperm cells called?

They are called sex cells, or to be more scientific, gametes.


What is moment called when sperm and ovum join?

The moment when sperm fertilizes an egg is called conception.


The joining of an egg and a sperm cell is called?

Conception or fertilisation are both terms applied to the fusing of sperm and egg.


How many sperm unite with the egg what do you call this?

The union is called fertilization and only one sperm can fertilize an egg.


How does the sperm get in to the egg?

To get to the egg the sperm has to first go through sexual intercourse and then the sperm travels in a liquid till it reaches the fallopian tube where the egg is to get into the egg the sperm uses its tail. (only a brief way)