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Of or pertaining to an umbilicus, or umbilical cord; umbilic.

Near the umbilicus; -- applied especially to one or more small veins which, in man, connect the portal vein with the epigastric veins in the front wall of the abdomen.

e having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.

) The whole upper part of the abdomen. (b) An arbitrary division of the abdomen above the umbilical and between the two hypochondriac regions.

A cord; specifically, the umbilical cord or navel string.

on. (a) The lower part of the abdomen. (b) An arbitrary division of the abdomen below the umbilical and between the two iliac regions.

n; specifically, a region between the hypochondriac and ilias regions, and outside of the umbilical region.

The umbilical region.

issue (Anat.), a form of connective tissue in an early stage of development, found in the umbilical cord and in the embryo, and also in certain tumors called myxomata.

A tumor made up of a gelatinous tissue resembling that found in the umbilical cord.

The umbilical cord.

es on either side of the notochord, and from which the walls of the enteric canal and the umbilical vesicle are developed. See Somatopleure. -- Splanch`no*pleu"ric, a.

Situated under a zone, or zona; -- applied to a membrane between the zona radiata and the umbilical vesicle in the mammal embryo.

See Umbilical, 1.

pression, or mark, in the median line of the abdomen, which indicates the point where the umbilical cord separated from the fetus; the navel.

other invertebrates. See Illust. of Hermaphrodite in Appendix. -- Yolk sack (Anat.), the umbilical vesicle. See under Unbilical.