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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsFor my 14,000th post let's do some Navel/Belly-Button gazing...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navel'The navel (clinically known as the umbilicus, commonly known as the belly button) is a protruding, flat, or hollowed area on the abdomen at the attachment site of the umbilical cord. All placental mammals have a navel.
The umbilicus is used to visually separate the abdomen into quadrants.
The umbilicus is a prominent scar on the abdomen, with its position being relatively consistent among humans. The skin around the waist at the level of the umbilicus is supplied by the tenth thoracic spinal nerve (T10 dermatome). The umbilicus itself typically lies at a vertical level corresponding to the junction between the L3 and L4 vertebrae, with a normal variation among people between the L3 and L5 vertebrae.
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. 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.'
There's a photo, illustrations and more text at the link. And here I've always thought
that my belly-button was just my own built-in lint trap!
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For my 14,000th post let's do some Navel/Belly-Button gazing... (Original Post)
abqtommy
Apr 2022
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EYESORE 9001
(25,962 posts)1. When is the test?
How much does it contribute to our final grade?
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)4. HA HA. With today's tech there is no test and no grades. All types of information are
readily accessible that increase our knowledge and confound our friends.
2naSalit
(86,743 posts)2. Amazing...
Navel gazing contemplation. I have never spent so much time engaged in it before.
Congrats on your milestone!
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)5. Thanks. Maybe there'll be a party and cake later. Or maybe not...
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mitch96
(13,923 posts)7. In my younger days they made great a great place for
Tequila shots... Ahhh wasted youth at it's finest...
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True Dough
(17,314 posts)3. Hey, I'm on my 14,000th post too!
MLAA
(17,318 posts)6. Happy 14,000th!