Place or mode where one body is attached to another larger one.
Most muscles have at least two tendons, each one attaching to a bone. The one that tends to be more mobile is called the insertion.
The place or mode of attachment of a muscle; the moveable part of a muscle during action.
The point at which an organ or part of an organ is attached to another.
The point of attachment of a muscle to a bone.
The point where an organ is attached to its support.
A change in the structure of a chromosome, where a segment of the chromosome is introduced into another member of the complement.
Anatomical term for the point of attachment of the movable end of a muscle, typically to bone. More generally, means placement of something, such as insertion of a breathing tube into the trachea.
The point of attachment of a muscle (e.g. to a bone) that is relatively movable when the muscle contracts.
The movable attachment of the distal end of a muscle, which produces shape changes or skeletal movement when the muscle contracts.
Part of the muscle at the more movable attachment to the skeleton.
The location where a muscle connects to the bone it acts upon.