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The musculoskeletal system (MSK) is an organ system that gives animals the ability to physically move, by using the muscles and skeletal system. Apart from locomotion, the skeleton also lends support and protects internal organs. In many organisms the skeleton is also used to store fat and minerals, and to produce blood cells. Solid musculoskeletal system:The human musculoskeletal system consist of the human skeleton, made by bones attached to other bones with joints, and skeletal muscle attached to the skeleton by tendons. In most animals with solid skeletons, yellow bone marrow is used to store energy for the muscles and the red marrow produces blood cells and that carries oxygen to the body.. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia , Musculoskeletal system (Wikipedia)

The MUSCLES, bones (BONE AND BONES), and CARTILAGE of the body. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

Basic Part Properties

Part Name
Musculoskeletal system
Part Display Name
Musculoskeletal system
Part Type
System (Describes the name of the system (sample) type)
Created On
2000-05-03
Construct for LOINC Short Name
Musculoskeletal

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Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Опорно-двигательный аппарат
zh-CN Chinese (China) 肌肉骨骼系统
Synonyms: 肌肉－骨骼系统
it-IT Italian (Italy) Apparato muscolo-scheletrico
Synonyms: Apparato muscolo scheletrico
el-GR Greek (Greece) Μυοσκελετικό σύστημα
Synonyms: Μυοσκελετικό σύστημα