{"id":336,"date":"2017-05-15T15:26:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T18:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en-mol.icb.usp.br\/?page_id=336"},"modified":"2026-08-22T16:44:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T19:44:57","slug":"1-11-basic-concepts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/1-11-basic-concepts\/","title":{"rendered":"1-11 Basic concepts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-row\">\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-1\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"> <strong>DIFFERENT WAYS TO SECTION A SPECIMEN<\/strong> <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\nWhen we examine sections of familiar objects, it is usually easy to understand how they were cut and to reconstruct their original three-dimensional shape.<br \/>\nThe papaya in the upper part of the figure was cut lengthwise, or longitudinally, along its longest axis.<br \/>\nThe papaya in the lower part was cross-sectioned, or cut transversely, perpendicular to its longest axis.<br \/>\nIf we had a series of longitudinal and transverse sections of a papaya, even someone unfamiliar with this fruit could reconstruct its overall shape and internal organization with reasonable accuracy.<br \/>\nThe same principle applies to histological sections. By examining sections of tissues and organs in different planes, we can reconstruct the three-dimensional arrangement of their components and better understand how they are organized in space.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-11B.jpg \" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/1-12-basic-concepts\/\">NEXT PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/1-10-basic-concepts\/\">PREVIOUS PAGE\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/1-0-basic-concepts\/\">MENU OF THIS CHAPTER<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-336","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24571,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/336\/revisions\/24571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}