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human musculoskeletal system
Sign in to saveAlso known as locomotor system, locomotive organsexo, activity system, musculoskeletal system, human locomotor system
organ system that gives humans the ability to move using their muscular and skeletal systems
Key facts
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- D009141
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Research
1,259,771 papers- The emerging role of Piezo1 in the musculoskeletal system and disease.Theranostics · 2024
- Physiologic Changes of the Musculoskeletal System with Aging: A Brief Review.Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America · 2017
- The role of PIEZO ion channels in the musculoskeletal system.American journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 2023
- T₁ρ MRI of human musculoskeletal system.Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2015
- Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Musculoskeletal System: From Animal Models to Human Tissue Regeneration?Stem cell reviews and reports · 2018
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- human body
- Has part
- muscular system
- Image
- 1105 Anterior and Posterior Views of Muscles.jpg
- Has use
- structural support
- Has parts of class
- cartilage
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- topic's main category
- Category:Musculoskeletal system
- Commons category
- Musculoskeletal system
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C12754
- different from
- muscular system
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Encyclopedic overview
The human musculoskeletal system (also known as the human locomotor system, and previously the activity system) is an organ system that gives humans the ability to move using their muscular and skeletal systems. The musculoskeletal system provides form, support, stability, and movement to the body.
The human musculoskeletal system is made up of the bones of the skeleton, muscles, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, joints, and other connective tissue that supports and binds tissues and organs together. The musculoskeletal system's primary functions include supporting the body, allowing motion, and protecting vital organs. The skeletal portion of the system serves as the main storage system for calcium and phosphorus and contains critical components of the hematopoietic system.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “human musculoskeletal system” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.