NOUN | body | musculoskeletal system | the system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form |
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Meaning | The system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form. | |
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Part of | body, organic structure | The entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being) |
Parts | muscular structure, musculature, muscle system | The muscular system of an organism |
skeletal system, skeleton, frame, systema skeletale | The hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal | |
Broader | system | A group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts |
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