(March 2013) A base unit (also referred to as a fundamental unit) is a unit adopted for measurement of a base quantity. A base quantity is one of a conventionally chosen subset of physical quantities, where no subset quantity can be expressed in terms of the others.
Latin America and the Caribbean. Ouro Preto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ËoÉ¾u ËpÉ¾etu], Black Gold) is a city in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a former colonial mining town located in the Serra do EspinhaÃ§o mountains and designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO because of its outstanding Baroque architecture.
The hip region is located lateral and anterior to the gluteal region (i.e., the buttock), inferior to the iliac crest, and overlying the greater trochanter of the femur, or thigh bone. In adults, three of the bones of the pelvis have fused into the hip bone or acetabulum which forms part of the hip region.