Zoology · Ch 9 — Locomotion and Movement
Disorders of muscular and skeletal system
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Disorders of muscular and skeletal system
Disorders of muscular and skeletal system
Because muscles and bones function together as one system, a disorder affecting either one can impair the body's ability to move. The textbook groups these disorders into two categories, covered in the next two subsections: disorders of the muscular system, which mostly disrupt the nerve-muscle signalling or the muscle tissue itself, and **disorders of the skeletal s …