Our Amazing Bodies

Here on the Amazing Bodies page, our School Nurse Kiera Heasly shares an amazing fact about the human body!

Did You Know?

Your belly button is a scar from where your umbilical cord used to be. Your umbilical cord is how you received nutrients when you were growing in your mum’s belly.

There are many different types of belly buttons:

Reference: 

Fahmy, M. (2018). Anatomy and Physiology of the Umbilicus. In: Umbilicus and Umbilical Cord. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62383-2_20

https://www.healthline.com/health/what-causes-an-innie-or-outie-belly-button

Kiera Heasly

ENPS School Nurse