Insertion

1. the act of implanting, or condition of being implanted.
2. the site of attachment, as of a muscle to the bone that it moves.

• i. sequence (IS) — see transposable genetic elements.
• velamentous i. — attachment to a membrane, such as the umbilical cord to the fetal membranes.

An insertion is the point at which a muscle attaches to the skin, a bone, or another muscle. The insertion attaches to the structure that will be moved by the contraction of the muscle. Insertions are usually connections of muscle via tendon to bone.^[1] The opposite end of the muscle is called the origin.

References

1. ^ Martini, Frederic; William C. Ober, Claire W. Garrison, Kathleen Welch, and Ralph T. Hutchings (2001). Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology, 5th Ed.. Prentice Hall. ISBN 0130172928. 

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