(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.
1 The cranial region encompasses the upper part of the head while the. 2  facial region encompasses the lower half of the head beginning below the ears. 3  The eyes are referred to as the orbital or ocular region. 4  The cheeks are referred to as the buccal region.  The ears are referred to as the auricle or otic region.