KINDS OF MICROTOME

• KINDS OF MICROTOME

  1. Rocking
  2. Rotary
  3. Sliding
  4. Freezing
  5. Rotary or Cryostat
  6. Ultrathin
• Rocking Microtome was discovered by

  Paldwell Trefall
• Rotary Microtome was discovered by

  Minot
• Sliding microtome is discovered by

  Adams
• Freezing microtome was discovered by

  Quekett
• Other term for Rotary Microtome

  Cryostat or Cold Microtome
• Two types of sliding microtome

  Base sledge and standard microtome
• Freezing Microtome


  used for urgent surgical biopsies specimens
• Cryostat Microtome


  Permits rapid penetration of tissue biopsies for surgical pathology