I have removed the external link to www.visualhistology.com, as it appears to be spam. (Advertising for a DVD set.) --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 00:37, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I've just created thin section, which is the commonly used term in optical mineralogy and petrology, where thin sections of rock are ground into sections for microscope work. I notice this article includes a detailed description of the preparation of tissue thin sections, and I wonder if it is worth either including a link, disambiguation or even some sort of partial merge of the material. So as a gauge, how widespread is the use of the actual words thin section in medicine? Jon 12:31, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In the lab we use the term "thin sections" to refer to sections of 2 microns, occasionally a pathologist will request a thin section. We also cut "thick sections" when preparing tissue for a Congo red stain. Also we say "oh no my microtome is thick thinning!" this is when a fault in the microtome causes alternate thick thin sections to appear in the tissue ribbon. Its used as a desciption in the article, histotechnologists cut sections which happen to be thin. I would never say "I am heading off to the lab to prepare a thin section."

7 April 2006 S.Warwick Histotechnologist

Excellent, cheers for that, I will leave it as it is then  :-) Jon 14:51, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]