Urinary System Mandarin vocabulary

Kidney Anatomy (肾脏解剖)

泌尿系统 (mìniào xìtǒng) — Urinary system; 肾 (shèn) — Kidney; 肾区 (shènqū) — Renal region; 肾皮质 (shèn pízhì) — Kidney cortex; 肾髓质 (shèn suǐzhì) — Kidney medulla; 肾盂 (shènyú) — Renal pelvis; 肾锥体 (shèn zhuītǐ) — Renal pyramid; 肾乳头 (shèn rǔtóu) — Renal papilla; 肾小盏 (shèn xiǎozhǎn) — Minor renal calyx; 肾柱 (shènzhù) — Renal column; 肾大盏 (shèn dàzhǎn) — Major renal calyx; 肾门 (shèn mén) — Renal hilum

Urinary Tract (尿路)

输尿管 (shūniàoguǎn) — Ureter; 输尿管口 (shūniàoguǎn kǒu) — Ureteric orifice; 膀胱 (pángguāng) — Bladder; 膀胱襞 (pángguāng bì) — Vesical fold; 膀胱三角 (pángguāng sānjiǎo) — Trigone of bladder; 膀胱括约肌 (pángguāng kuòyuējī) — Sphincter muscle of bladder; 尿道 (niàodào) — Urethra; 尿道内口 (niàodào nèi kǒu) — Internal urethral orifice

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How do I learn urinary system Mandarin vocabulary?

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

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• Urinary System clinical hub