i know it's where we were connected to the placenta before birth but is that it?!!
2006-06-22 05:05:18 · 27 answers · asked by annie06 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Yes that's it. There is no purpose for the belly button after birth, except to collect dust and fluff maybe.
2006-06-22 10:10:22 · answer #1 · answered by Evil J.Twin 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
It is the 'port' for the Umbilical cord.
A foetus is a parasite -- that may sound nasty and House-esque (Hugh Laurie), but it's true, from a scientific point of view. The Umbilical cord is the ISDN connection (sorry, internet lingo) between the mother and foetus.
A nicer way of putting it is that the baby and mother are in a symbiotic relationship. However, this isn't true in all respects as the mother can live without the foetus, but the foetus cannot thrive without mother.
I don't think that there's any evolutionary/natural selection reason for the stinky hole, although I am open to ideas.
Speaking of ports, it could be a port for adding peripherals... this is so much better than the alternative place for plugging stuff in.
2006-06-22 12:15:58 · answer #2 · answered by hasina_ghani 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no actual function for the belly-button after birth.However in the womb the belly button is part of the umbilical cord that connects the baby and mother.Through the umbilical cord the baby is able to obtain nutrients,oxygen and antibodies from the mother.The umbilical cord also takes away waste products from the baby to the mother such as Carbon Dioxide.At birth cord seperates from the womb and is cut and then tied into what you see as your belly button
2006-06-22 18:07:18 · answer #3 · answered by iw_newc84 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be ingenious.
You can use it as a site for piercing, you can lie on your back and pour liquid into it, making a small, but functional beaker. Also, how about using it as a hiding place? You could probably fit a gemstone, or a rolled up bank note in the belly button if you tried. If you have an 'outy', you can hang a small christmas decoration from it instead... Why, the possible uses of the belly button are almost... ah... endless :)
2006-06-22 12:17:46 · answer #4 · answered by Buzzard 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the place where the doctor closed the opening where the placenta was attached. It is the interface between your mothers bloodstream and yours when you were developing inside the uterus. It transported vital nutrients and vitamins, etc.... from your mother to you.
2006-06-22 12:20:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, initially as the mechanism to provide nutrition to an embryo in the womb, but in later life God intended this as the place to keep salt when you are eating tomotoes in bed.
2006-06-23 02:43:45 · answer #6 · answered by dws2711 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is that it!!!! What do you mean. It keeps you alive in your mummys tummy for 9 months. I think that is very important, without it you wouldn't be alive now.
Is that it..........!!!! What more do you want it to do. lol
You could pretend it does do something else if it makes you feel better. Is your bellybutton troubling you??? have you been sitting there proding and poking it to see what it will do.
2006-06-22 12:14:06 · answer #7 · answered by carolyn s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like to lie on my back, fill it with mayonnaise and dip my chips in it. That way it continues its function of keeping me fed like it did before i was born.
It can also be used as an unwieldy, but fun,shot glass, (someone else's, not your own obviously)
2006-06-25 04:36:38 · answer #8 · answered by Monkey boy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it provided attachment for the umbilical cord to deliver food and oxygen to you when in the womb. It doesn't do anything once you're born.
2006-06-22 12:13:21 · answer #9 · answered by dpfw16 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know - I don't have one!! As a baby I suffered from gastroschesis and now I just have a scar - but no belly button
2006-06-22 13:07:13 · answer #10 · answered by Darmok 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋