Internal obturator muscle. The internal obturator muscle, obturator internus muscle originates on the medial surface of the obturator membrane, the ischium near the membrane, and the rim of the pubis. It exits the pelvic cavity through the lesser sciatic foramen.
North Carolina 1975 First In Freedom License Plate. This plate was issued at the end of 1974 to honor the Mecklenburg Declaration of 1775. The plate immediately caused a storm of controversy over the slogan First In Freedom.
Esse quam videri - To be, rather than to seem In 1893 the North Carolina General Assembly adopted the Latin words Esse Quam Videri (To be, rather than to seem) as the state motto and directed that these words be placed with the state's Coat of Arms and the date 20 May, 1775 upon the great seal.