Cultural views on the navel Early Japanese poems feature many references to the female navel. In some, the word "navel" actually refers to an indentation or hole instead of the belly button. The shape of the umbilicus of a newborn baby would be discussed at length. If a baby's navel points downward, the parents would brace themselves for a weakling child who will bring them woe. The thunder god Raijin, with his terrifying drums, great horns, and long tusks, was said to have an insatiable appetite for young navels, and mothers had to nag their youngsters constantly to keep themselves well covered up. Due to
Navel to the junction between the L3 and L4 vertebrae, with a normal variation among people between the L3 and L5 vertebrae. Parts of the adult navel include the "umbilical cord remnant" or "umbilical tip", which is the scar left by the detachment of the umbilical cord. This is located in the centre of the navel, sometimes described as the "button". Attached round the umbilical cord remnant, is the "umbilical collar", formed by the dense fibrous umbilical ring. Surrounding this is the periumbilical skin. Directly behind the navel is a thick fibrous cord formed from the umbilical cord, called the urachus,