What is inside behind your belly button?
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Directly behind the navel is a thick fibrous cord formed from the umbilical cord, called the urachus, which originates from the bladder.
What organ is behind the umbilical cord?
The umbilical vein supplies the fetus with oxygenated, nutrient-rich blood from the placenta. Conversely, the fetal heart pumps low oxygen, nutrient-depleted blood through the umbilical arteries back to the placenta….
| Umbilical cord | |
|---|---|
| MeSH | D014470 |
| TE | cord_by_E6.0.2.2.0.0.1 E6.0.2.2.0.0.1 |
| Anatomical terminology |
Is the navel connected to anything?
Your belly button marks where the umbilical cord used to be When a baby is in the womb, the umbilical cord attaches to the navel at one end and your placenta—an organ that develops during pregnancy that’s attached to the uterus—at the other. The umbilical cord transports nutrients from the mother to the baby.
navel, also called umbilicus, plural umbilici, or umbilicuses, in anatomy, a small depression in the abdominal wall at the point of attachment of the umbilical cord (q.v.). It indicates the point through which the mammalian fetus obtained nourishment from its mother through the blood vessels of the umbilical cord.
What happens to the umbilical cord after birth inside the baby?
In the womb, the umbilical cord delivers the oxygen and nutrients needed to allow your baby to grow. After birth, the cord is clamped and cut, leaving a stump. This eventually falls off, healing to form the umbilicus (belly button). There are ways for you to prevent problems during healing.
What is the biggest risk of a prolapse cord?
The greatest risk factors are an abnormal position of the baby within the uterus and a premature or small baby. Other risk factors include a multiple pregnancy, more than one previous delivery, and too much amniotic fluid. Whether medical rupture of the amniotic sac is a risk is controversial.
When does umbilical stump fall off?
Taking care of the stump Your baby’s umbilical cord stump dries out and eventually falls off — usually within one to three weeks after birth. In the meantime, treat the area gently: Keep the stump dry. Parents were once instructed to swab the stump with rubbing alcohol after every diaper change.
What happens to the umbilical cord inside the baby after birth?
It is expelled from the mother within a half-hour after birth. It is still attached to the placenta, which is commonly called “the afterbirth.” With its function completed, it is no longer needed and so is discarded by the mother’s body.
What organ is closest to the belly button?
The appendix is part of the large intestine, which is why the pain is near the belly button….With indigestion, you may also experience:
- a feeling of fullness before finishing a meal.
- discomfort after a meal.
- pain not just near your belly button, but also just below your breastbone.
- nausea.
When the baby is born, takes its first lungful of air, and the umbilical cord is cut, the internal sections of the umbilical veins and arteries also dry up and harden into a type of ligament. But those ligaments are still attached to the inside of the belly button.
Why do we still celebrate the umbilical cord?
The cord, and in particular the remaining belly button, has always been fascinating to humans and we still embark on some interesting traditions to celebrate and aid the physical separation of the umbilical cord. The umbilical cord is probably the baby’s first toy, as they are sometimes caught on ultrasound playing around with it.
Where is the liver attached to the belly button?
These ligaments divide up the liver into sections and remain attached to the inside of the belly button.
Why is the cord filled with Jelly at birth?
In order to protect the blood vessels from compression while the baby moves about, or when it is being born, the cord is filled with a jellylike substance called Wharton’s jelly. Think of it as nature’s airbags. This is why most of the time when the cord is around a baby’s neck at birth (a common event) it’s not a problem.