The document summarizes various cultural, religious, medical, and social aspects related to the human belly button or navel. It discusses different terms used to describe the navel across cultures. It also explores the navel's significance in Greek mythology, Hinduism, Christianity and other religions. Medically, it examines the navel's embryological development and use as a diagnostic indicator. Socially, it mentions portrayals of the navel in media and body modifications like piercings.

1. Not Innies, Outies, or Piercings: Visual Examination of the Belly as a Gateway to Intra-Abdominal Diagnosis Patricia L. Raymond MD FACP FACG

3. "Neither procreative nor nutritive, perhaps it is the navel's lack of obvious purpose, combined with its audacious, almost arrogant, spot right there in the middle of things, that sucks its admirers in." Deirdre Day-MacLeod

4. The Navel in Theology

8. "Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies." Song of Solomon, King James Bible

9. Navel Food? The Birth of Venus Goddess of Love and Beauty - Sandro Botticelli

18. Embryology of the Umbilicus

29. Piercing & Tattoos

30. Foreign Body Reaction

34. Navel in Marketing Thailand's Sealect Tuna Diet Commercial Facebook.com Patricia Raymond http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1321145387&ref=name

35. Social Stigma: No Belly Button

58. “ Thought depends absolutely on the stomach, but in spite of that, those who have the best stomachs are not the best thinkers." Voltaire Letter to D’Alembert

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