histo postlab 3 (original notes) Flashcards
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A process by which we give COLOR to a section
Staining
Routinely used stain
H & E stain
Color of NUCLEUS when H&E stain is used
Blue
Color of CYTOPLASM and EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX when H&E stain is used
Pinkish
Logwood Tree
Hematoxylon Campechianum
Mixture of Giemsa Stain
Methylene-Blue
Eosin
Mostly used on methanol-fixed blood films
Giemsa Stain
Giemsa Stain binds to pathogens including
Spirochetes
Trypanosome
Used to identify and differentiate the bacteria
Gram Stain
Used to identify ‘‘ACID FAST’’ bacteria
Ziehl Nielsen Stain
Used to identify myelin
Luxol fast blue/ Cresyl Violet
Myelin is stained what color when Luxol Blue/Cresyl Violet is used
Blue
Other elements of the Nervous System is stained what color when Luxol Blue/Cresyl Violet is used
Pink or Violet
A dye that is more soluble in fat than in water or alcohols
Oil red
Used as a stain for NEUTRAL LIPIDS
Oil red
This stain is mainly used to evaluate the type and amount of EC material like COLLAGEN, FIBRIN, MUSCLE AND ELASTIC FIBER
Trichrome Stain
Has a principle wherein smaller dye molecules will penetrate and stain a tissue element, but whenever the larger molecule can penetrate the same element, the smaller molecule is replaced by it
Massons’s Trichrome Stain
Stains carbohydrates magenta, including components of the basal lamina
Periodic acid Schiff (PAS)
Used to distinguish elements of the EC matrix
-Stains fungi and bacteria
Alcian Blue
Used to identify deposits of PROTEIN IN TISSUE
Congo Red
Naturally occurring vegetable dye
Orcein Stain
Percent of periodic acid in Orcein Stain
0.5%
Minutes of periodic acid in orcein stain
5 mins
Minutes of Orcein in orcein stain
30 mins