| NOMENCLATURE |
GRINDING-CUTTING SYSTEM, LABORATORY. A COLLECTION OF ITEMS DESIGNED TO
COMBINATION THEREOF.
PREPARE EXTREMELY THIN TISSUE SPECIMENS EMBEDDED IN PLASTIC FOR LIGHT
AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY. THE SYSTEM USES WHAT IS CALLED THE
"GROUNDSECTION TECHNIQUE". THIS TECHNIQUE IS USED WHEN PREPARING TISSUE
SPECIMENS WITH A MICROTOME IS IMPOSSIBLE OR UNDESIRABLE (I.E., TISSUE
SAMPLES CONTAINING BONE OR IMPLANTED BIOMATERIALS OR BOTH, AND
SPECIMENS THAT SHOULD NOT BE COMPRESSED BY THE MICROTOME KN IFE). THE
SYSTEM MAY INCLUDE A CUTTING-GRINDING DEVICE, MICRO GRINDING DEVICE,
LIGHT POLARIZATION UNIT (LPU), VACUUM ADHESIVE PRESS, ETC. OR A
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