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{{short description|Internal framework of the body}} {{cs1 config|name-list-style=vanc}} {{Infobox anatomy | Name = Muscular system | Latin = systema musculare | Image = Bougle whole2 retouched.png | Caption = The human muscles, seen from the front, 19th century illustration | Width = | Image2 = | Caption2 = | Precursor = | System = | Artery = | Vein = | Nerve = | Lymph = }} The '''muscular system''' is an [[organ (anatomy)|organ system]] consisting of [[skeletal muscle|skeletal]], [[smooth muscle|smooth]], and [[cardiac muscle|cardiac]] muscle. It permits movement of the body, maintains posture, and circulates blood throughout the body.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Histology: a text and atlas: with correlated cell and molecular biology| vauthors = Ross MH, Wojciech P |date=2011|publisher=Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health|isbn=9780781772006|edition= 6th|location=Philadelphia|oclc=548651322}}</ref> The muscular systems in [[vertebrate]]s are controlled through the [[nervous system]] although some muscles (such as the [[cardiac muscle]]) can be completely autonomous. Together with the [[Human skeleton|skeletal system]] in the human, it forms the [[musculoskeletal system]], which is responsible for the movement of the [[human body|body]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Gray's anatomy : the anatomical basis of clinical practice| vauthors = Standring S, Gray H |isbn=9780702052309|edition= Forty-first |location=[Philadelphia]|oclc=920806541|year = 2016}}</ref>
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