line-height:150%">Morphological and morphometric study of umbilical cord of 50 
newborn babies were carried out during January to December 1998 at Bangabandhu 
Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka to expand the knowledge of gross anatomy 
of the umbilical cord of Bangladesh. The length of the cords was irrespective 
of sex ranged from 28 to 93 cm with a mean (±SD) of 55.6 (±10.78). The length 
of the umbilical cords of males were significantly longer than female 
(P&lt;0.001). The diameter of the cords irrespective of sex were varied from 1 
to 1.9 cm with a mean (±SD) of 1.45 +0.31 cm. The mean circumference length 
percentage ratio index of umbilical cord was 8.31. Thirty-three (66%) cords 
were inserted eccentrically, all being paracentral in position. The rest were 
inserted centrally. False knots were more frequent (47; 94%). Only one (2%) 
showed a true knot in addition of false knot. In 2(4%) cases cord had not any 
true or false knot. It is concluded that the gross morphological and 
morphometrical features of the umbilical cord in Bangladesh appear to be 
similar to those described in western literature. 
 
 
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