Musculoskeletal system

Introduction: Musculoskeletal system

Description of Musculoskeletal system

Musculoskeletal system: the system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Musculoskeletal system: all of the muscles, the bones, and the cartilages of the body.
Source: CRISP

Musculoskeletal system: The MUSCLES, bones (BONE AND BONES), and CARTILAGE of the body.
Source: MESH OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

Musculoskeletal system: The MUSCLES, bones (BONE AND BONES), and CARTILAGE of the body.
Source: MeSH 2007

Musculoskeletal system: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Musculoskeletal system:

• Musculoskeletal
• System

Musculoskeletal system as an Organ

Musculoskeletal system (organ): The musculoskeletal system includes the organs, structures and substances of the skeletal system and the muscular system. The musculoskeletal system is responsible for a large variety of functions throughout the body, including movement, protection of internal organs, giving the body shape, and producing blood cells. The musculoskeletal system interacts and works together with every other system in the body, including the nervous system, genitourinary system, circulatory system, immune system, respiratory system, digestive system and endocrine system.

Musculoskeletal system (organ): See Musculoskeletal System (organ information).

More information on organs: Musculoskeletal System:

• Musculoskeletal System

Terms associated with Musculoskeletal system:

Related Topics

• Musculoskeletal Development

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Musculoskeletal system:

• Cartilage
• Fascia
• Ligaments
• Muscles
• Skeleton
• Tendons

Source - MeSH 2007

• body movement
• ligament
• muscle
• skeletal system
• tendon

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Musculoskeletal system

• anatomy

Source - CRISP

• system

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Musculoskeletal system

The following list attempts to classify Musculoskeletal system into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• system
• body part
• part,piece
• thing
• entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Musculoskeletal System

MESH - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Anatomy

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