IMPREGNATION Flashcards
(36 cards)
Mixture of highly purified paraffin and synthethic plastic polymers
Paraplast
Melting point of paraplast
56-57 C
Synthetic wax similar with paraplast
Embeddol
Melting point of embeddol
56-58 C
Less compressible than paraplast
Embeddol
Semisynthetic was recommended for embedding eyes
Bioloid
Product of paraffin containing rubber
Tissue mat
Ester wax melting point
46-48 C
Require heavy duty microfome
Ester wax
Example of heavy duty microtome
Slide or sledge microtome
Compatible with cellosolve and xylene
Ester wax
Polyethylene glycols
Carbowax
Melting point of carbowax
38-42 C
Purified form of nitrocellulose soluble solvents
Celloidin
For neurological tissues
Celloidin
for bones brain teeth and whole organs
Wer celloidin
Wet celloidin block is stored in
70-80% alcohol
For eyes
Dry celloidin
Dry celloidin is stored in
Gilsons mixture
Components of gilsons mixture
Chloroform
Cedarwood oil
More ecplosive
Low viscosity nitrocellulose
Tendency to crack in lvm prevented by
Plasticizer
- oleum ricini
- castor oil
Subjected to histochem and enzyme studies
Gelatin
For frozen specimen
Gelatin