My "Quest for Knowledge" Question #17?

Question

For those of you who don't know, for the past week, I've been asking honest questions to things I want to know about, usually out of curiousity.

You know how when you're a fetus, your umbilical cord go directly to your stomach?

My question right now is:
Does your belly button still go to your stomach, or is it closed up on that end too?

Answer 1

Yes. it has served it's purpose.
In placental mammals, the umbilical cord is a tube that connects a developing embryo or fetus to its placenta. It contains one or two major vessels, buried within Wharton's jelly, for the exchange of nutrient- and oxygen-rich blood between the embryo and placenta.
In the third stage of labour, the uterus expels the placenta along with the cord from the mother's body. After the cord is separated from the placenta, the umbilical stub on the newborn's belly dries and comes off after a few days. It leaves only a small scar (the umbilicus) behind.
In humans, the cord is clamped or cut after birth. The umbilical cord is made of Wharton's jelly, not ordinary skin and connective tissue. There are no nerves, so cutting it is not painful. There is ordinarily no significant loss of either infant or maternal blood while cutting the cord. In some cultures the umbilical cord is cut by the father of the baby. Lotus Birth is a practice of leaving the cord uncut after birth so that the baby is left attached to its placenta until the cord naturally separates. This is usually 1–3 days.

Answer 2

Once the baby is born, it no longer needs the opening of the umbilical cord for nutrition. Some premies will be given medication through the unbilical cord, but that would be the only exception. What you have left is only a scar. There is no longer an opening to your stomach/digestive track. Godloveya.

Answer 3

I thought I knew but I don't sorry.

Answer 4

yeah checked it !

sure is closed at the other end too !!! :-D