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.
noun. The definition of anatomy is the branch of science that deals with the structure of plants and animals. The study of the structure of the human leg is an example of a study in the field of anatomy. prosectorial, adj. splanchnology the branch of anatomy that studies the viscera. syndesmography an anatomical treatise on or description of the joints and ligaments of the body. syndesmology 1. the anatomy of the ligaments of the body.