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  2. Navel - Wikipedia

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    Parts of the adult navel include the "umbilical cord remnant" or "umbilical tip", which is the often protruding scar left by the detachment of the umbilical cord. This is located in the center of the navel, sometimes described as the belly button. Around the cord remnant is the "umbilical collar", formed by the dense fibrous umbilical ring ...

  3. Umbilical cord - Wikipedia

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    The umbilical cord lining is a good source of mesenchymal and epithelial stem cells. Umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (UC-MSC) have been used clinically to treat osteoarthritis, autoimmune diseases, and multiple other conditions. Their advantages include a better harvesting, and multiplication, and immunosuppressive properties that define ...

  4. List of human anatomical regions - Wikipedia

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    the umbilical region is located around the navel; the coxal region encompassing the lateral (side) of hips; the pubic region encompassing the area above the genitals. The pelvis and legs contain, from superior to inferior, the inguinal or groin region between the thigh and the abdomen, the pubic region surrounding the genitals,

  5. Umbilical region - Wikipedia

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    The umbilical region is one of the nine regions of the abdomen. It is the region that surrounds the area around the umbilicus and is placed approximately halfway between the xiphoid process and the pubic symphysis .

  6. Linea alba (abdomen) - Wikipedia

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    The umbilicus (navel) is a defect in the linea alba through which foetal umbilical vessels pass before birth. [1] The linea alba is formed by the union of aponeuroses (of the muscles of the anterior abdominal wall [ 2 ] ) that collectively make up the rectus sheath .

  7. Ventral body cavity - Wikipedia

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    The regions are the left and right hypochondriac regions, so named because they lie under the ribs; the epigastric region which is approximately where the stomach is located between the hypochondriac regions; the right and left lumbar regions which flank the umbilical region (which surrounds the umbilicus, or belly button), the right and left ...

  8. McBurney's point - Wikipedia

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    McBurney's point is located one third of the distance from the right anterior superior iliac spine to the umbilicus (navel). [1] [2] This point roughly corresponds to the most common location of the base of the appendix, where it is attached to the cecum. [3] Normal location of the appendix relative to other organs of the digestive system ...

  9. Umbilicus (reference point) - Wikipedia

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    The umbilicus soli is located under the center of the cross (line D-U) Umbilicus soli (the "ground navel") was the name for the reference point of the Roman surveying tool, the groma , located at the moving end of a swinging arm, with a plumb bob suspended underneath.