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    Histology, also known as microscopic anatomy or microanatomy, is the branch of biology that studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues. Histology...
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    In the fields of histology, pathology, and cell biology, fixation is the preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction...
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  • Effacement is the shortening, or thinning, of a tissue. It can refer to cervical effacement. It can also refer to a process occurring in podocytes in nephrotic...
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    known as histology or, in connection with disease, as histopathology. Xavier Bichat is considered as the "Father of Histology". Plant histology is studied...
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    In histology, a lacuna is a small space, containing an osteocyte in bone, or chondrocyte in cartilage. The lacunae are situated between the lamellae,...
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    In histopathology, hobnailing is the presence of smooth projections from an epithelial surface, which generally contain nuclei. Hobnailing is seen in clear...
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  • Histology and Histopathology is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal publishing original and review articles in the fields of histology and histopathology...
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    A whorl (/wɜːrl/ or /wɔːrl/) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric...
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    generally at the microscopic level. Stains and dyes are frequently used in histology (microscopic study of biological tissues), in cytology (microscopic study...
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    In histology, variegation is the property of having discrete markings of different colors. Variegated From Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Retrieved...
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