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Introduction to Human Histology by atara is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document provides an overview of histology, the study of tissues. It discusses the basic steps in tissue preparation for microscopic study, which include fixation, dehydration, clearing, infiltration with paraffin wax, embedding, sectioning, and staining. Fixation uses chemicals like formaldehyde to preserve cell and tissue structure. Then dehydration removes water from tissues using increasingly concentrated alcohol solutions. Clearing removes alcohol and infiltration embeds tissues in paraffin wax fo

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atara

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