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CLEARING OF TISSUES | HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES

After dehydrating the tissues, the alcohol present in them must be removed before they are impregnated and embedded with paraffin. The Paraffin wax used for embedding is immiscible in both alcohol and water. Thus the alcohol must be replaced by some medium in which both alcohol and paraffin are.....

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Histological Techniques | Histopathology & Cytopathology Notes

Histological techniques are the techniques which have been developed for the processing of the specimens, mainly tissues, for the proper diagnosis of the diseases associated. The small pieces of the tissues or sometimes whole organs are submitted to the histopathology laboratory for the diagnosis......

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Fixation - The Technique Of Fixing The Tissues | Histological Techniques

Fixation is a process by which the constituents of the cells and thereby tissues, are fixed in a physical and partly chemical state, so that they are able to withstand subsequent treatment with various chemicals, with minimum or no significant distortion or decomposition. Most fixations are carried......