Can you be fed through your belly button? The Definitive Medical Answer
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After birth, the umbilical cord, which once provided oxygen and nutrients to a fetus, is cut and the remaining stump falls off. This leaves behind the navel, or belly button, a harmless scar that has no physiological function in an adult. This simple anatomical fact firmly debunks the misconception that you can be fed through your belly button.
