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.
Muscle Insertion. The insertion of the muscle is the end of the muscle attaching to the freely moving bone of its joint. To understand muscles and joint movements, there are four things to keep in mind: Movement happens at joints, with one bone of the joint moving freely while the other remains relatively stationary.