Sentence examples for blocks were then cut from inspiring English sources

The resulting paraffin blocks were then cut with a thickness of 5 μm and mounted 3 sections per glass slide.

The grass was mown to a height of 1/4 inch (0.25 inches); the blocks were then cut with a grasshopper plow, to dimensions of about 24 inches long by 16 inches wide by 3-4 inches thick.

The blocks were then cut extensively by a rotary microtome (Leitz).

Polymerized resin blocks were then cut to 70-nm-thick sections with Leica ultramicrotome.

The tissue blocks were then cut into 5 μm sections, transferred to glass slides and stained with H & E. Morphologic alterations in the lung tissues were examined by light microscopy and documented by photographs.

The blocks were then cut into slices (~300  μm thick) centering the implant along its long axis with a precision diamond saw (Isomet 2000, Buehler Ltd., Lake Bluff, IL) and glued to acrylic plates with an acrylate-based cement (Technovit 7210 VLC, Heraeus Kulzer GmbH, Wehrheim, Germany), and a 24-hour setting time was allowed prior to grinding and polishing.

The new block is then cut into 4-micron or 5-micron thick sections that contain 40 to hundreds tissue specimens (Fig. 1d), and these sections can then be stained using standard laboratory methods such as immunohistochemistry for various biomarker studies.

The recipient block was then cut (3  μm) and the sections mounted on SuperFrost slides (Menzel Gläser, Braunschweig, Germany).

Each block was then cut into semithin sections about 1 μm in thickness and stained with toluidine blue.

Portions of the primary tumor tissue were routinely embedded in optimum cold temperature medium and the frozen specimen block was then cut with a cryostat.

The eyes were enucleated and imbedded in 10% formalin for 2 days, and then imbedded in paraffin blocks, which were then cut into 5 μm thick slices and stained with hematoxylin-eosin (H&E).