Embedding/ Casting/ Blocking Flashcards
The process of placing infiltrated tissue in a mold containing an embedding medium which is allowed to solidify.
Embedding/ Casting/ Blocking
What is the product of embedding?
Tissue block
True or False. Paraffin wax or other infiltrating agent can also be used in embedding
True
What are the requirements for embedding?
Embedding mold, medium and infiltrated tissue
The most common embedding medium.
Paraffin wax
A disposable embedding mold that will require smearing of inner mold with glycerine.
Plastic Ice trays
An embedding mold consisting of a series of interlocking plates resting on a flat metal base.
Compound Embedding unit
Can embed more than 1 specimen at the same time.
Compound Embedding unit
Disposable mold that gives perfect blocks without trimming.
Peel Away Molds
The process of infiltrating tissue with celloidin and embedding with paraffin.
Double embedding
Embedding mold consisting of L-shaped strips made of heavy brass.
Leuckhart’s
Not often used in the lab because it needs to be assembled.
Leuckhart’s
What is the advantage of Leuckhart’s?
It can produce different block sizes
Reagents used for double embedding.
Methyl salicylate, Methyl benzoate, Amyl acetate
