umbilicus (redirected from feather umbilicus)

umbilicus /um·bil·i·cus/ (um-bil´ĭ-kus) [L.] the navel; the scar marking the site of attachment of the umbilical cord in the fetus.

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um·bil·i·cus (m-bl-ks, mb-lks)

n. pl um·bil·i·ci (-s)

See navel.

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Umbilicus

The navel.

Mentioned in: Appendectomy

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umbilicus

[umbilī′kəs, umbil′ikəs]

Etymology: L, navel

the point on the abdomen at which the umbilical cord joined the fetal abdomen. In most adults it is marked by a depression. In some persons it is marked by a small protrusion of skin. It interrupts the linea alba about halfway between the infrasternal notch and the pubic symphysis. It is located at the level of the interspace of the third and the fourth lumbar vertebrae. Also called belly button, navel. umbilical, adj.

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umbilicus [um-bil´ĭ-kus, um″bĭ-li´kus]

the (usually) depressed scar marking the site where the umbilical cord entered the fetus; called also navel.

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umbilicus

the scar marking the site of entry of the umbilical cord in the fetus; called also navel. It is usually only depressed in the human abdomen and is inconspicuous in most domestic species. In dogs it is a palpable knot advertised by a convergent whorl of hair.

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feather umbilicus

see feather (1).