The portion of the Sonora Desert which lies in the Southwestern United States is the most populated area within the region. Six of the top ten major population centers of the region are found within its borders: Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa, Chandler, Glendale, and Scottsdale, all in Arizona.
Insertion. Insertion. 1. (Science: anatomy) The place of attachment, as of a muscle to the bone which it moves. 2. (Science: genetics) a rare nonreciprocal translocation involving three breaks in which a segment is removed from one chromosome and then inserted into a broken region of a nonhomologous chromosome.
surgical removal ; a cutting out -itis: inflammation ; infection -orrhaphy: surgical repair -oscopy: looking into with a scope -ostomy: surgical opening with insertion of tube; artificial opening, may be permanent or temporary -otomy: cutting; surgical incision : Anterior (ventral) toward the front of the body or body part : Posterior (Dorsal)