do I make an incision on or in something/someone?

Question

The sentence is "I must make an incision in the orbicularis muscle of the patient"

Answer 1

In.  Incision means to cut into not on.

Answer 2

An incision penetrates so the correct word is 'in'.

Answer 3

IN, it is even in the word...

Answer 4

Incisions go in, not on.

Answer 5

kind of hard to be an incision if it is not in.  You would not incise in, though.  Incise already has in as part of it.  incise the orbicularis.  Not a big fan of even saying make an incision into/in/through.  The very fact that it is an incision already tells us that.  Kind of useless to say it again.  If you need to make an incision, I expect to know the purpose, not where it will be, because it will clearly be IN something.

I need to make an incision to get at the nerves (or something) within or beneath the orbicularis muscle, perhaps.  a cut in(to) or an incision (to). 

Answer 6

This would be 'in'. Given the two choices. But I think the word should be "into".

Source(s): Native American English speaker, for ma y years.

Answer 7

An incision penetrates so the correct word is 'in'.

Answer 8

I'd say "into" too.

Answer 9

'Into' would be correct.,

Answer 10

depends on the object you're incising