Anatomical system that is a multi-element, multi-tissue anatomical cluster that consists of the skeleton and the articular system. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000034 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051070 VSAO:0000027 ]
Synonyms: skeleton system
Term information
- XAO:0003060
- CALOHA:TS-1320
- UMLS:C0037253 (ncithesaurus:Skeletal_System)
- ZFA:0000434
- VHOG:0001254
- FMA:23881
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvVi1rpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- BTO:0001486
- TAO:0000434
- AAO:0000566
- EFO:0000806
- NCIT:C12788
- EMAPA:35773
- MA:0000018
- VSAO:0000027
- EHDAA2:0003168
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Anatomical system consisting of multiple elements and tissues that provides physical support.[TAO]
Anatomical system that is a multi-element, multi-tissue anatomical cluster that consists of the skeleton and the articular system.[VSAO]
System that provides physical support to the organism.[AAO]
By taking a holistic approach, integration of the evidence from molecular and developmental features of model organisms, the phylogenetic distribution in the 'new animal phylogeny' and the earliest fossilized remains of mineralized animal skeletons suggests independent origins of the skeleton at the phylum level.[debated][VHOG]
GO defines skeletal system very generically: The skeleton is the bony framework of the body in vertebrates (endoskeleton) or the hard outer envelope of insects (exoskeleton or dermoskeleton) GO:0001501; however, all annotations are to vertebrates
Term relations
- organ system subdivision and has part some skeleton and has part some articular system
- organ system subdivision
- existence ends during some fully formed stage
- has part some skeleton
- has part some articular system
- part of some musculoskeletal system