inferiorly

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“The laceration ran for 12-14 cm from the left groin across the pubis to the right and 10 cm inferiorly into the perineum,” the study authors wrote, in BMJ Case Reports.

From Fox News • Dec. 3, 2019

It articulates superiorly with the hip bone at the hip joint, and inferiorly with the tibia at the knee joint.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

On the anterior side of the proximal tibia is the tibial tuberosity, which is continuous inferiorly with the anterior border of the tibia.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

These ligaments are anchored inferiorly to the tibia at the intercondylar eminence, the roughened area between the tibial condyles.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Below the patella it is separated from the patellar ligaments by a thick pad of fat, but inferiorly it is in contact with the femerotibial capsules.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor