[Histonet] When sectioning small long bones in PMMA ....
... such as a mouse femur, do you prefer to orient the bone parallel to the knife edge or perpendicular to the knife edge (or diagonal)? ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
Re: [Histonet] When sectioning small long bones in PMMA ....
neither - I like it on the diagonal. Andi Andrea Grantham, HT (ASCP) Senior Research Specialist University of Arizona Cell Biology and Anatomy Histology Service Laboratory P.O.Box 245044 Tucson, AZ 85724 algra...@email.arizona.edu Tel: 520.626.4415 Fax: 520.626.2097 happy slicing and dicing and may all your stains work perfectly - Paula Sicurello On Apr 7, 2009, at 7:48 AM, Monfils, Paul wrote: ... such as a mouse femur, do you prefer to orient the bone parallel to the knife edge or perpendicular to the knife edge (or diagonal)? ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
Re: [Histonet] When sectioning small long bones in PMMA ....
I have always orientated the specimen in an AP view and taken longitudinal/frontal sections. As for parallel or perpendicular, I may not be completely sure of what you mean. Jack On Apr 7, 2009, at 9:48 AM, Monfils, Paul pmonf...@lifespan.org wrote: ... such as a mouse femur, do you prefer to orient the bone parallel to the knife edge or perpendicular to the knife edge (or diagonal)? ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
