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.
North Carolina State Motto: Esse Quam Videri Literal Translation: To be rather than to seem. The motto is a literal translation of a phrase from a sentence in Cicero's On Friendship (De Amicitia, chapter 26). The complete sentence in Latin is: Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse quam videri volunt. Translations: