Intramuscular

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Introduction

• Into muscle, denoting a method of delivering medication.

• Common sites for IM injections:

• deltoid
• gluteus maximus*
• quadriceps

• * standard IM hypodermic needles may not reach muscle tissue in obese

Additional Terms

• hypodermic needle
• intramuscular injection

References

1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
2. Nisbet AC. Intramuscular gluteal injections in the increasingly obese population: retrospective study. BMJ. 2006 Mar 18;332(7542):637-8. Epub 2006 Mar 8. PMID: [1]

intramuscular (IM)