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Infiltration and Embedding

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Infiltration - Saturation of tissue cavities by a supporting subatance
Qualities
- suitable for sectioning and ribboning
- molten 30℃ - 60℃
- Translucent
- Homogeneous
Embedding - process which tissues are surrounded by a medium which when solidified will provide sufficient external support during sectioning
- Requirements
  - melted paraffin wax
  - cold plate
  - supply of mould
- Embedding mould
  - paper
  - iron
  - disposable
  - cassette-bases
- Machine processing
  - Tissue transfer
  - Fluid-transfer
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Description: Mind Map on Infiltration and Embedding, created by Tan Ai Boon on 17/03/2014.
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