I am reading this book "Song of Solomon". In it is a woman "Pilate" supposedly born without a navel on account of having been born when her mother has just died. She did not have a navel & this made her a weirdo both feared and admired by the society. I am curious to know whether there are really people without navels in the world.
2006-07-01 05:23:02 · 10 answers · asked by Tansy 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Technically everyone is born without a navel, they're born with an umbilical cord which later becomes a navel when the cord stump falls off and heals!! But it is also possible for someone to have no recognisable navel after removal of cord stump as occasionally the cord does not come out of stomach but somewhere else on body.
2006-07-01 05:43:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have a friend who doesn't have a navel. He had hernia surgery when he was about 6 months old and his belly is smooth as can be...
I don't think it's possible to be born without a navel, ad the umbilical cord provides the sustenance for the baby during pregnancy.
My friend HAD a navel, but now he doesn't... understand? LOL
2006-07-01 12:27:06 · answer #2 · answered by AnaGameela 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The navel is fundamentally the port for the Umbilical cord. The Umbilical cord is the ISDN connection between the foetus and the placenta. The cord supplies the foetus with the essential nutrients to survive. Therefore, I believe that it is impossible to be *born* without a navel. Even when scientists overcome extreme religious sentiments and start growing humans in tubes or whatever, they will still need to supply the growing human with nutrients... and please don't suggest the rectum as the entry point!
2006-07-01 19:49:57 · answer #3 · answered by hasina_ghani 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
That's weird. What did she do, carry around the placenta so it wouldn't detach from her body thus giving her a belly button? I don't believe a normal human baby can be born alive with a navel.
2006-07-01 12:41:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. A navel is the last little remnants of the umbilical cord. Without the umbilical cord, a fetus cannot live. So, no
2006-07-01 12:26:46 · answer #5 · answered by dixiegirl687 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it is not possible to be born without a navel. When they start growing people completely in tubes, those people maynot have a navel, but we won't know til it's done.
I'm just glad you are askig about it because of the book and not KyleXY
2006-07-01 12:28:20 · answer #6 · answered by q2003 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
dont think its possible realy is it? you need the umbilical cord for the baby to survive :)
2006-07-01 12:27:20 · answer #7 · answered by kez 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you can have one so small it's unseen but you will die
without one
2006-07-01 12:27:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not possible.
2006-07-01 12:34:56 · answer #9 · answered by Trish D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no its impossible
2006-07-01 18:39:41 · answer #10 · answered by iconoclast_ensues 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋