Musculoskeletal system

organ system that gives humans the ability to move using their muscular and skeletal systems

process in which force is generated within muscle tissue, resulting in a change in muscle geometry. Force generation involves a chemo-mechanical energy conversion step that is carried out by the actin/myosin complex activity

group of muscles

small fluid-filled sac lined by synovial membrane with an inner capillary layer of viscous fluid

The endosteum (: endostea) is a thin vascular membrane of connective tissue that lines the inner surface of the bony tissue that forms the medullary cavity of long bones.

layer of synovial membrane around a tendon

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Prolotherapy, also called proliferation therapy, is an injection-based unproven treatment used in chronic musculoskeletal conditions.

law stating that bone density changes in response to changes in the functional forces on the bone

The enthesis (plural entheses) is the connective tissue which attaches tendons or ligaments to a bone.

fibrous band on the palmar side of the hand near the wrist

class of collagen molecules

fractures of the distal humerus at the elbow joint

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