{"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":"2026-03-22T16:47:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T19:47:02","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 well-known objects, it is usually easy to understand how it was cut and gather its original shape.<br \/>\nThe papaya in the upper part of the figure was cut <strong>lengthwise<\/strong>, <strong>longitudinally<\/strong>, that is, along its longest axis.<br \/>\nThe papaya in the lower part was cross-sectioned cut, <strong>transversely<\/strong>, perpendicular to its longest axis.<br \/>\nIf we had a series of several longitudinal and transversal sections of a papaya, even a person unfamiliar with this fruit could deduce its whole structure with a good approximation.<br \/>\nThe same can be done with sections of tissues and organs to understand the three-dimensional arrangement of their components.<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":21,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21142,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/336\/revisions\/21142"}],"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}]}}