superiorly

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Projecting superiorly and anteriorly from the ischial tuberosity is a narrow segment of bone called the ischial ramus.

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The bones, joints, ligaments, and muscles of the foot absorb this force, thus greatly reducing the amount of shock that is passed superiorly into the lower limb and body.

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Each side of the nasal cavity is triangular in shape, with a broad inferior space that narrows superiorly.

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The nasal bone articulates superiorly with the frontal bone and laterally with the maxillary bones.

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It is over the posterior part of the space thus produced, that we observe the reliefs which the inferior members present superiorly, and which unite them with the trunk, by forms so beautifully rounded.

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