Question

explain the difference between hard tissue and soft tissue processing method

Answer 1

-Isopropanol is especially used to shrink hard tissues. It is used as a less severe alternative of ethanol.

-Paraffin wax is used for making sections of soft tissues. In place of paraffin wax, ester wax is used for hard tissues since it has a lower melting point (45-48 °C) and thus doesn’t break apart.

-Celloidin is used for soft tissues, when preparing sections. This would not require heat and the section prepared has a rubber like elasticity, providing enough flexible support to tissue.