Fun Facts About Gerald Ford. 1  His middle name is Rudolph. 2  He nearly died in World War II when a typhoon hit his aircraft carrier and it caught fire. 3  Around 400 Eagle Scouts attended Ford's funeral and took part in the procession. 4  His number 48 football jersey was retired at the University of Michigan.
Then, the process of becoming pregnant takes several days â the fertilized egg (now called a blastocyst) has only just begun its long journey. Once the egg is fertilized, it now has to travel all the way up into the uterus for implantation to take place.
A zygote is essentially the union of the sperm and the egg cell. The zygote begins as a single cell but begins to divide rapidly in the days following fertilization. As most people who are familiar with the birds and the bees already know, male sex cells are known as sperm and female sex cells are known as eggs.