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Does the navel have any function after birth?
44 yr old, Female
asked Sep 03, 2009 at 01:28AM in Pediatrics
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1Votesanswered Sep 03, 2009 at 07:19AMNo, it is just a scar from where the umbilical cord used to be attached to us.
BUT... if you look at two identical twins, their navels will be slightly different. This is because it is a scar, and genetics had nothing to do with its shape, only how their bodies healed.
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