Skin And Umbilicus

Question 1

Skin

Answer 1

1. Thin
2. Capable of stretching to accommodate for obesity, pregnancy, ascites, and hollow organ distension

Question 2

Umbilicus

Answer 2

Depressed scar in anterior abdominal wall skin and in linea alba resulting from umbilical cord stump separation after birth

Question 3

Umbilicus site

Answer 3

Lies little below linea alba midpoint at disc level between 3rd and 4th lumbar vertebrae in young adults but it is lower in infants and its level changes with age and abdominal muscles tone condition