Histological Stains Flashcards
(10 cards)
The Basic dye Hematoxylin is used to identify what?
Acidic substances in the cell such as the Nucleic Acids, Ribosomes etc.
It stains them Blue 🔵
Eosin is an Acidic dye used to stain which cellular components?
Basic substances such as Collagen Fibres, Cytoplasmic proteins, the ECM etc.
Stains them Red 🍒
Which stain is used in visualizing fibrosis in vital organs like the liver and kidneys?
Masson’s Trichrome
Stains collagen Blue or green
Muscle fibers—Red
Cell Nuclei—Black.
Which stain is used to visualize elastic fibres?
Verhoeff’s elastin stain.
The stain or staining method used to identify reticular fibres is called?
Silver stain/Silver Impregnation
The Periodic Acid-Schiff (PAS) stain is used for which compounds or substances?
Stains Carb- containing cods. to magenta
Also used to visualize basement membranes of mucus secreting cells and certain fungals.
Which stain(s) is/are commonly used in blood smearing and bone marrow biopsies?
Giemsa stain and Wright Stain.
Luxol Fast Blue is used to visualize what?
Myelin sheath….staining it Blue.
Which stain is used in identifying cartilages in the matrix?
Toluidine blue
What is immunochemistry?
A histological procedure used in cell typing, identifying tumor markers and studying protein expression.
