Muscular System Mandarin vocabulary

Skeletal / Muscle / Bone Terms (骨骼/肌肉/骨术语)

骨骼肌 (gǔgéjī) — Skeletal muscle; 平滑肌 (pínghuájī) — Smooth muscle; 横纹 (héngwén) — Cross striation; 横纹肌 (héngwénjī) — Striated muscle; 肌膜 (jīmó) — Sarcolemma; 肌浆网 (jījiāngwǎng) — Sarcoplasmic reticulum; 成肌细胞 (chéngjī xìbāo) — Myoblast; 肌纤维 (jīxiānwéi) — Muscle fibre; 骨骼肌纤维 (gǔgéjī xiānwéi) — Skeletal muscle fibre; 心肌纤维 (xīnjī xiānwéi) — Cardiac muscle fibre; 肌原纤维 (jīyuán xiānwéi) — Muscle fibril; 肌丝 (jīsī) — Myofilament / muscle filament; 闰盘 (rùnpán) — Intercalated disks; 浦肯野纤维 (pǔkěnyě xiānwéi) — Purkinje fibres; 软骨 (ruǎngǔ) — Cartilage; 软骨细胞 (ruǎngǔ xìbāo) — Chondrocyte / cartilage cells; 骨细胞 (gǔxìbāo) — Osteocyte; 成骨细胞 (chénggǔ xìbāo) — Osteoblast; 破骨细胞 (pògǔ xìbāo) — Osteoclast; 骨基质 (gǔjīzhì) — Bone matrix; 骨膜 (gǔmó) — Periosteum; 骨松质 (gǔsōngzhì) — Spongy bone; 骨密质 (gǔmìzhì) — Compact bone; 骨痂 (gǔjiā) — Bony callus

General Terms (一般词汇)

模糊 (móhu) — Fuzzy; indistinct; 愈合 (yùhé) — To heal; to heal up; 首先 (shǒuxiān) — First of all; 然后 (ránhòu) — Then; after that; 转化 (zhuǎnhuà) — To transform; 以后 (yǐhòu) — Afterwards; later; 将 (jiāng) — Will; be going to; 大量 (dàliàng) — Numerous; 断 (duàn) — To break; to snap; 重新 (chóngxīn) — Again; 连接 (liánjiē) — To connect; 最后 (zuìhòu) — Finally; lastly; 多余 (duōyú) — Extra; 清除 (qīngchú) — To remove; 差不多 (chàbuduō) — Similar; about the same; 核 (hé) — Nucleus; 分支 (fēnzhī) — Branch; 复杂 (fùzá) — Complex; complicated; 得 (děi) — To need

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Example clinical dialogue

Common mistakes

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

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How do I learn muscular system Mandarin vocabulary?

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

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• Musculoskeletal System clinical hub