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Noun: musculoskeletal system
  1. The system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form
    "Injuries to the musculoskeletal system are common in athletes"

Derived forms: musculoskeletal systems

Type of: system

Part of: body, organic structure

Encyclopedia: Musculoskeletal system