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.
Only one sperm nucleus enters the egg. The haploid sperm nucleus fuses with the haploid egg nucleus, and a fertilised egg or diploid zygote is formed. As soon as the sperm has entered the egg, the membrane of the egg changes so that no other sperm can enter. The remaining sperms, which do not fertilise the egg, eventually die. The cilia lining the oviduct sweep the zygote along the oviduct. Peristaltic movements also help move the zygote to the uterus.