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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 ...
Latin umbilīcus, navel, belly-button umbilical: ungui-of or pertaining to the nail, a claw Latin unguis, nail, claw unguiform, ungual: un(i)-one Latin ūnus: unilateral hearing loss: ur-of or pertaining to urine, the urinary system Greek οὐρέω, οὐρεῖν (ouréō, oureîn); οὖρον (oûron), urine
In placental mammals, the umbilical cord (also called the navel string, [1] birth cord or funiculus umbilicalis) is a conduit between the developing embryo or fetus and the placenta. During prenatal development , the umbilical cord is physiologically and genetically part of the fetus and (in humans) normally contains two arteries (the umbilical ...
Pain in the lower left abdomen may be caused by several different conditions. Experts explain.
The trunk of the body contains, from superior to inferior, the thoracic region encompassing the chest [1] the mammary region encompassing each breast; the sternal region encompassing the sternum; the abdominal region encompassing the stomach area; the umbilical region is located around the navel; the coxal region encompassing the lateral (side ...
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.
An umbilical hernia is a health condition where the abdominal wall behind the navel is damaged. It may cause the navel to bulge outwards—the bulge consisting of abdominal fat from the greater omentum or occasionally parts of the small intestine. The bulge can often be pressed back through the hole in the abdominal wall, and may "pop out" when ...
Your move: take your finger, palm up, and insert it slowly into the anus, towards the belly button (about two inches) until you feel something bulbous, says Box. Hand, meet prostate! 5.