"phalanges" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 指骨

Definition

指骨是構成手指和腳趾的小骨頭，存在於人類和許多動物體內。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

屬於醫學或解剖學專業用語，日常生活中很少直接使用此詞。單數用“指骨”，一般對話會說“手指骨”或“腳趾骨”。

Examples

Humans have fourteen phalanges in each hand.

人類每隻手有十四塊**指骨**。

The phalanges connect the tips of our fingers to the rest of the hand.

**指骨**連接手指尖與手的其他部分。

A doctor showed me an X-ray of my broken phalanges.

醫生給我看了我骨折**指骨**的X光片。

Did you know cats also have phalanges just like humans?

你知道貓也和人類一樣有**指骨**嗎？

If you jam your finger, you might hurt one of your phalanges.

如果你撞到手指，有可能會傷到某根**指骨**。

Children often break their phalanges while playing sports or climbing trees.

孩子們常在運動或爬樹時斷了**指骨**。