Definition

Examples

• 他摔了一跤，掌骨骨折了。
  Tā shuāi le yì jiāo, zhǎng gǔ gǔzhé le.
  He fell and fractured his metacarpal bone.
• 手掌有五根掌骨，连接手指和手腕。
  Shǒuzhǎng yǒu wǔ gēn zhǎng gǔ, liánjiē shǒuzhǐ hé shǒuwàn.
  The palm has five metacarpal bones that connect the fingers to the wrist.
• 医生通过X光检查了他的掌骨。
  Yīshēng tōngguò X guāng jiǎnchá le tā de zhǎng gǔ.
  The doctor examined his metacarpal bones with an X-ray.