noun
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A cord connecting an astronaut to a spacecraft, or a craft to ground control prior to launch, etc.
adjective
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Of, or relating to, the navel (umbilicus) or the umbilical cord.
definition
Such that the curvatures of normal sections are all equal to each other.
Examples of umbilical in a Sentence
You don't cut off the umbilical chord to the weekly pay check.
Be sure you fold the diaper underneath a newborn's umbilical cord.
The most common are direct inguinal hernias, indirect inguinal hernias, and umbilical hernias.
The classification into epithelial organs, connective tissues, and the more specialized muscle and nerve, was largely due to him; and he proved the presence of neuroglia in the brain and spinal cord, discovered crystalline haematoidine, and made out the structure of the umbilical cord.
Cells isolated from the umbilical cord of the newborn injected into rats repaired brain injuries by becoming brain cells [7] .
Careful not to pull on the navels, I cut the dried umbilical cords of all four kittens at an inch length.
A large groin hernia or an umbilical hernia are usually obvious.
The mortality and morbidity associated with umbilical cord prolapse.
Generally, one would expect to find two umbilical arteries accompanying the umbilical vein by this stage.
A SHERIFF has condemned social workers who removed a newborn baby from her mother only minutes after the child's umbilical cord was cut.
It is still a long way from having cut completely the old umbilical cord.
Smaller sizes have a cut-out waistband to aid umbilical healing.
Obtaining stem cells from umbilical cords is far less controversial than sourcing them from embryos (as many scientists would like to do).
One of the findings in the pregnancy was that I have a single umbilical artery.
Umbilical venous catheter A tube used to give access, through the vein, in the umbilicus.
A SHERIFF has condemned social workers who removed a newborn baby from her mother only minutes after the child 's umbilical cord was cut.
Once your baby's head is out, the doctor will suction out his mouth and nose and search for the umbilical cord.
Your pediatrician will probably tell you to skip the tub baths until your infant's umbilical has fallen off, and your little boy's circumcision has healed.
When the umbilical cord is cut, a small length of the cord will be clamped and left behind.
It may take another set of contractions for the placenta to come out, and the kitten will remain attached via the umbilical cords.
She will have an inch or so of umbilical cord attached, but this will fall off in about three days.
The placenta is attached to the wall of the uterus and leads to the unborn baby via the umbilical cord.
The rest of the baby usually slips out easily, and the umbilical cord is cut.
This is only successful approximately half the time, and there are possible complications with the procedure, such as umbilical cord entanglement and separation of the placenta.
A catheter is placed into the umbilical vein at the cut surface of the umbilical cord, and the newborn's blood is replaced with an equal volume of new blood.
Since they share an amniotic sac, they have an increased risk of their umbilical cords becoming entangled or knotted.
Other sources of stem cells are available, however, and can be harvested from umbilical cord blood as well as from fat, bone marrow, and other adult tissue without harm to the donor.
This is the most important assessment and can be determined by auscultation with a stethoscope or palpation at the junction of the umbilical cord and skin.
The umbilical cord is clamped and cut, and the newborn is given to the nursery personnel for evaluation.
There is also a possibility of umbilical cord prolapse with a breech birth.
The baby continues to get its oxygen supply from its mother exclusively from the blood in the umbilical cord until the head is delivered and baby breathes on her own.
In some cases of breech birth, part of the umbilical cord enters the birth canal before or with the baby's feet or buttocks and pressure on the cord cuts off the blood and oxygen supply.
It can only be tried if there is one fetus in the uterus, if the placenta is not lying in front of the fetus, and if the umbilical cord does not appear to be wrapped around the fetus at any point.
Possible causes that center on the fetus rather than the mother include chromosomal abnormalities, genetic and other syndromes that impair skeletal growth, and defects of the placenta or umbilical cord.
The first breath begins even before the umbilical cord is cut.
Eat and digest his or her own food since the circulatory relationship between mother and baby stops with the severance of the umbilical cord.
The fetus is removed from the womb by cesarean section but the umbilical cord is left intact so that the mother's placenta continues to sustain the fetus.
After the air passage is cleared, the umbilical cord is cut and the newborn can breathe on its own.
Without the cushion that enables the fetus to float, the fetus may compress the umbilical cord causing death.
Ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT)-A cesarean section in which the infant is removed from the uterus but the umbilical cord is not cut until after surgery for a congenital defect that blocks the air passage.
Omphalocele-A birth defect where the bowel and sometimes the liver, protrudes through an opening in the baby's abdomen near the umbilical cord.
In developing countries, newborns often contract tetanus from contaminated instruments used to tie off the umbilical cord after birth.
Umbilical cord-The blood vessels that allow the developing baby to receive nutrition and oxygen from its mother; the blood vessels also eliminate the baby's waste products.
One end of the umbilical cord is attached to the placenta and the other end is attached to the baby's belly button (umbilicus).
Doppler studies on the umbilical cord artery and the middle cerebral artery also provide information regarding fetal growth.
Genetic testing for and detection of the fragile X mutation can be performed on the developing baby before birth through amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling (CVS), and percutaneous umbilical blood sampling.
Occasionally, either the umbilical opening is too large or it develops improperly, allowing the bowels or stomach to remain outside or squeeze through the abdominal wall.
In omphalocele, some of the internal organs protrude through the abdominal muscles in the area around the umbilical cord.
At birth, the problem is obvious, because the base of the umbilical cord at the navel will bulge or, in worse cases, contain internal organs.
Generally the insertion of a fetal scalp electrode is a safe procedure, but it may occasionally cause umbilical cord prolapse or infection due to early amniotomy.