“…Glycerin solution at 98% has been used for preservation of a variety of tissues, such as dura mater (PIGOSSI et al, 1971;INATOMI et al, 1980), peritoneum COSTA NETO et al, 1999), pericardium (RAHAL et al, 1996), phrenic center (PIGATTO et al, 1997;SARTORI FILHO et al, 1997), auricular cartilage (CONTESINI et al, 2001), amniotic membrane (OLIVEIRA; ALVARENGA, 1998), renal capsule (EURIDES et al, 2006), arteries (RAISER et al, 1978), bladder (OLIVEIRA et al, 2000), tendon (RAISER, 2000(RAISER, , 2001 and bone (SOUZA, 2009 The Kruskal-Wallis and the Wilcoxon statistical tests were used for intergroup and intragroup comparisons, respectively. The level of significance was set at 5% (p < 0.05).…”