With thin-section preparation, even the jelly-like internal tissues of insects—once considered difficult to observe—can be examined clearly.

Shark skin is sometimes used like a grater, and this thin section shows why: each dermal denticle rises as a hook-like structure on the surface, and blood vessels can be seen running within.

Insect cross-sections that were difficult to observe with conventional biological sectioning can be examined using our resin-embedded thin-section method. Overlapping layers of the beetle cuticle—previously hard to distinguish—can now be clearly seen and even counted. Scale: 1 mm