a. Draw a sectional view through a hen’s egg enclosed in its membranes. Label shell, inner and outer shell membranes, air chamber, thin and dense albumen, chalaza, vitelline membrane, blastodisc, white and yellow yolk.

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a. Draw a sectional view through a hen’s egg enclosed in its membranes. Label shell, inner and outer shell membranes, air chamber, thin and dense albumen, chalaza, vitelline membrane, blastodisc, white and yellow yolk.

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The fertilization of male and female gametes results in the formation of a single-cell zygote. This zygote is also called a fertilized egg. A hen's egg is also a fertilized egg and a single cell. 

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