Midterms Exam Review

Question 1

Dehydrating agent categories

Answer 1

Alcohols
Acetone
Glycol Ethers
Triethyl Phosphate
Tetrahydrofuran

Question 2

Alcohol dehydrating agents

Answer 2

Ethanol
Butanol
Tertiary Butanol
Isopropanol
Pentanol

Question 3

Glycol Ether Dehydrating Agents

Answer 3

Dioxane
Cellosolve
Polyethyl Glycols

Question 4

Organic Clearing Agents

Answer 4

Xylene
Toluene
Benzene
Chloroform
Terpineol
Carbon Tetrachloride
Tetrahydrofuran
Dioxane

Question 5

Oils Clearing Agents

Answer 5

Oil of Bergamot
Lead-free gasoline
Oil of Oreganum
Cedarwood Oil
Clove Oil
Aniline Oil

Question 6

Other Xylene Substitutes

Answer 6

Terpenes
Limonene
Orange Oil Based Clearing Agents
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
Coconut Oil
Bleached Palm Oil

Question 7

Additive in Waxes

Answer 7

Piccolyte 115
Plastic Polymers
Dimethyl sulphoxide

Question 8

Substitutes for Paraffin Wax

Answer 8

Paraplast
Embeddol
Ester Wax
Water soluble waxes
Dimethyl Sulphoxide
Polyethylene Glycols

Question 9

Types of Paraffin Wax Impregnation

Answer 9

Manual
Automatic
Vacuum

Question 10

Types of Celloidin Impregnation

Answer 10

Wet
Dry

Question 11

Categories of types of Impregnation

Answer 11

Paraffin Wax Impreg.
Celloidin Impreg.
Gelatin Impreg.

Question 12

Embedding molds

Answer 12

Leukhart’s embedding mold
Compound embedding unit
Plastic embedding rings
Disposable embedding molds

Question 13

Example of Plastic Embedding Rings and base mold

Answer 13

Tissue Tek Model

Question 14

Examples of disposable embedding molds

Answer 14

Peel-away
Plastic ice trays
Paper boats

Question 15

Embedding methods

Answer 15

Celloidin or Nitrocellulose
Double-embedding
Plastic (resin) embedding

Question 16

Embedding plastics

Answer 16

Epoxy
Polyester plastics
Acrylic plastics

Question 17

Types of epoxy plastics

Answer 17

Bisphenol A (Araldite)
Glycerol (Epon)
Cyclohexene dioxide (Spurr)

Question 18

Types of acrylic plastics

Answer 18

Polyglycol Methacrylate (GMA)
Methyl Methacrylate (MMA)