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  2. Navel - Wikipedia

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    Surrounding the umbilical collar is the periumbilical skin. Directly behind the navel is a thick fibrous cord formed from the umbilical cord, called the urachus, which originates from the bladder. [5] The belly button is unique to each individual due to it being a scar, and various general forms have been classified by medical practitioners.

  3. Umbilical cord - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Anatomical terminology - Wikipedia

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    The breast is also called the mammary region, the armpit as the axilla and axillary, and the navel as the umbilicus and umbilical. The pelvis is the lower torso, between the abdomen and the thighs. The groin, where the thigh joins the trunk, are the inguen and inguinal area.

  5. 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,

  6. Umbilicus - Wikipedia

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    Umbilicus may refer to: The navel or belly button; Umbilicus (mollusc), a feature of gastropod, Nautilus and Ammonite shell anatomy; Umbilicus, a genus of over ninety species of perennial flowering plants; Umbilicus urbis Romae, the designated center of the city of Rome from which and to which all distances in Rome and the Roman Empire were ...

  7. Urachus - Wikipedia

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    Urachal fistula: there is free communication between the bladder and umbilicus; Urachal diverticulum (vesicourachal diverticulum): the bladder exhibits outpouching [5] Urachal sinus: the pouch opens toward the umbilicus [6] The urachus is also subject to neoplasia. Urachal adenocarcinoma is histologically similar to adenocarcinoma of the bowel ...

  8. 50 Interesting Medical Cases That Might Make You ... - AOL

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    It Is The Appearance Of Engorged And Severely Distended Epigastric Veins That Usually Radiate From Umbilicus Around The Abdomen. It Is Also Called Palm Tree Sign And Is Cardinal Sign Of Portal ...

  9. Umbilical hernia - Wikipedia

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    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.