If using phosphate-buffered formaldehyde solutions for fixation, the phosphate salts will precipitate out if the concentration of the initial alcohol is greater that .

What type of microtome does the cryostat usually contain?

What is wrong (in regards to embedding) in this picture? embed2.jpg

What is the necessary corrective action? Microtomy3.jpg

Plastics, such as epoxy resin, is a preferred embedding medium for what specialized technique?

Pressure is applied uniformly to the entire specimen during orientation to ensure that the specimen will:

Indicate a microtomy problem that is caused by too great a knife tilt as shown here? Microtomy23.jpg

Schedule.png For the tissue seen in the photo, which processing schedule would virtually guarantee you would experience this artifact? Microtomy18.jpg

The processing steps include , , , . (List in order, please)

Describe a corrective action for static electricity.