Locomotor System Mandarin vocabulary

Medical Words (医学词汇)

运动系统 (yùndòng xìtǒng) — locomotor system; 骨 (gǔ) — bone; 骨骼 (gǔgé) — skeleton; 颅骨 (lúgǔ) — skull; 颈椎 (jǐngzhuī) — cervical vertebrae; 脊柱 (jǐzhù) — vertebral column; 椎骨 (zhuīgǔ) — vertebra; 胸骨 (xiōnggǔ) — sternum; 肋骨 (lèigǔ) — ribs; costal bone; 锁骨 (suǒgǔ) — clavicle; 肩胛骨 (jiānjiǎgǔ) — scapula; 肱骨 (gōnggǔ) — humerus; 尺骨 (chǐgǔ) — ulna; 桡骨 (ráogǔ) — radius; 腕骨 (wàngǔ) — carpal bones; 掌骨 (zhǎnggǔ) — metacarpal; 指骨 (zhǐgǔ) — phalanges (fingers); 骨盆 (gǔpén) — pelvis; 髋骨 (kuāngǔ) — hip bone; 股骨 (gǔgǔ) — femur; 髌骨 (bìngǔ) — patella; 胫骨 (jìnggǔ) — tibia; 腓骨 (féigǔ) — fibula; 跗骨 (fūgǔ) — tarsal bones; 跖骨 (zhígǔ) — metatarsal bones; 椎间盘 (zhuījiānpán) — intervertebral disc; 关节 (guānjié) — joint; 肩关节 (jiānguānjié) — shoulder joint; 肘关节 (zhǒuguānjié) — elbow joint; 腕关节 (wànguānjié) — wrist joint; 髋关节 (kuānguānjié) — hip joint; 膝关节 (xīguānjié) — knee joint; 肌肉 (jīròu) — muscle; 三角肌 (sānjiǎojī) — deltoid muscle; 肱二头肌 (gōng èrtóujī) — biceps muscle; 腓肠肌 (féichángjī) — gastrocnemius muscle; 韧带 (rèndài) — ligament; 肌腱 (jījiàn) — tendon; 软骨 (ruǎngǔ) — cartilage; 骨髓 (gǔsuǐ) — bone marrow; 骨膜 (gǔmó) — bone membrane/periosteum; 骨组织 (gǔzǔzhī) — bone tissue

Common Words (常用词)

腿 (tuǐ) — leg; 有点儿 (yǒudiǎnr) — a bit; a little; 拉伤 (lāshāng) — to pull; to strain; 弯 (wān) — to bend; to flex; 出院 (chūyuàn) — to be discharged

High-yield phrases

Example clinical dialogue

Common mistakes

• Memorising isolated terms without practising them in full clinical questions and dialogues.

FAQ

How do I learn locomotor system Mandarin vocabulary?

Study the locomotor system terms below with pinyin and English, then practise them in full clinical questions inside the ClinicalMandarin app.

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