My grandmother was born without a belly button,how can that be?
2006-12-12 04:10:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
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.
Because the umbilical cord is a major vessel between a mother and child, it's unlikely that your grandmother was born without a belly button.
Apparently, there is a genetic defect called gastroschisis that is a defect in the abdominal wall, but the information on wikipedia doesn't allude to deformation of the belly button.
The most likely answer is that at some point in her life, your grandmother had surgery near her belly button and the skin covering it was not replaced properly. People who have trunk lifts after major weight loss experience this sometimes; doctors simply forget to leave space in the new skin for belly buttons because they're not really all that necessary after you're born.
2006-12-12 04:18:07 · answer #1 · answered by tulsasfynestdyme 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It can't. I have no idea what the story is regarding your grandmother, but it's impossible for a fetus to survive without an umbilical cord, or the resulting belly button after they are born.
2006-12-12 15:49:32 · answer #2 · answered by Passions Unchained 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, I think your full of crap.
The Umbilical cord is how the life inside the womb is nourished and fed. Without it it would die.
2006-12-12 19:42:43 · answer #3 · answered by smially 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it spread thin, but unless she was fed some other way in the womb, she had to have one at some point.
2006-12-12 14:59:02 · answer #4 · answered by â¤??? ?å???? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
go to www.rumormill.com
2006-12-12 12:20:28 · answer #5 · answered by Shorty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋