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musculoskeletal system
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002204
Term info
Label
musculoskeletal system
Subsets
uberon_slim
definition
Anatomical system that consists of the muscular and skeletal systems.
external definition
Anatomical system that provides locomotion and physical support to the organism.[AAO]
has exact synonym
musculo-skeletal system
has obo namespace
uberon
has relational adjective
musculoskeletal
homology notes
There are more than 50,000 extant vertebrate species, representing over 500 million years of evolution. During that time, the vertebrate musculoskeletal systems have adapted to aquatic, terrestrial, fossorial, and arboreal lifestyles, while simultaneously retaining functionally integrated axial and appendicular skeletal systems.[well established][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0002204
imported from
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
Term relations
Subclass of:
- anatomical system
- anatomical entity
- has part some musculature of body
- existence ends during some fully formed stage
- has part some skeletal system
- capable of part of some locomotion
- has developmental contribution from some mesoderm
Related from: