Muscular System Abbreviations

Vocabulary review of medical abbreviations and their definitions related to the muscular system.

c/o

Complains of

CTS

Carpal tunnel syndrome

CPK

Creatinine phosphokinase

EMG

Electromyogram

IM

Intramuscular

IP

Ice pack

MD

Muscular dystrophy

MG

Myasthenia gravis

NSAIDs

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

ORTH, ortho

Orthopedics

qid

Four times a day

ROM

Range of motion in o

CPK

Creatine Phosphokinase (blood test to evaluate enzyme levels that would indicate muscle disease if the levels were high)

IP

Ice pack