Sentence examples for fertilized ovum from inspiring English sources

Mating occurs in spring, and implantation of the fertilized ovum is delayed.

Ectopic pregnancy, also called extrauterine pregnancy, condition in which the fertilized ovum (egg) has become imbedded outside the uterine cavity.

They mate about three weeks after delivery, and a three-month dormancy period ensues before the fertilized ovum implants.

The latter hormone causes changes in the uterus that make it more suitable for implantation of the fertilized ovum and the nourishment of the embryo.

By occupying receptor binding sites, it prevents the hormone from stimulating the inner lining of the uterus to prepare for implantation by a fertilized ovum.

After the chromosomes merge and divide in a process termed mitosis, the fertilized ovum, or zygote, as it is now called, divides into two equal-sized daughter cells.

The testes in the male produce the sperm cells that fertilize the ovum, or egg, in the process of producing a new organism.

Spermatozoa then pass from the vagina through the uterus to the fallopian tube to fertilize the ovum in the outer part of the tube.

Not only are there far too few eggs to go around, but also the majority of sperm couldn't fertilize an ovum if it were plunked down in front of them.

Sperm deposited in the vaginal pouches proximal to the cloaca would have a longer distance to travel to fertilize an ovum and may be more easily ejected by the female [26].

These drugs according to the female respondents make the sperms watery and therefore incapable of fertilizing an ovum.