Musculoskeletal System Overview

A person's ability to move freely in their environment.

Inability to move independently or restricted movement due to medical reasons.

Keeping a person in bed for medical reasons.

Meeting everyday needs, like eating and using the bathroom.

Maintaining healthy bodily functions through movement.

The system of bones, joints, and muscles that provides support, stability, and movement to the body.

The part of the skeleton that forms the central axis of the body, including the skull, spine, and ribs.

The part of the skeleton that includes the limbs (arms and legs) and the girdles that connect them to the axial skeleton.

Provides support, stability, movement, protection of organs, and stores minerals like calcium and phosphorus.

The body's system that produces blood cells.