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Exam #1: Medical Applications of Tissue Processing & Examination Flashcards

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7 Steps of Tissue Preparation for Light Microscopy

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1) Fixation
2) Dehydration
3) Clearing
4) Embedding
5) Sectioning
6) Mounting
7) Staining

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Fixation (Purpose & Reagent)

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  • Preserve normal tissue after death

- Formalin &Glutaraldehyde

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Dehydration (Purpose & Reagent)

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  • Remove water from tissue specimen

- Graded series of ethanol (50-100%)

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Clearing (Purpose & Reagent)

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  • Prepare the tissue for embedding

- Xylene

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Embedding (Purpose & Reagent)

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  • Infiltrate w/ Parafin so that it can be sectioned
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Sectioning (Purpose & Reagent)

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  • Tissue is cut into sections w/ microtome
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Mounting (Purpose & Reagent)

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  • Sections placed on glass slide
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Staining (Purpose & Reagent)

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  • Provides contrast to tissue structures for visualization
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Acid Dye

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Net negative charge

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Basic Dye

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Net positive charge

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Acidophilic

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  • Cellular structures w/ a net positive charge

- Have affinity for negatively charged dye

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Basophilic

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  • Cellular structures w/ a net negative charge

- Have affinity for positively charged dye

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Metachromasia

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Phenomenon in which a stain imparts different colors to a tissue in a density dependent manner

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Hematoxlyin (1. What does it stain? 2. What color? 3. Clinical Application?)

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  • RNA, DNA, ribosome, & ER affinity
  • Stains Blue
  • Basic
  • Coagulative Necrosis
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Eosin (1. What does it stain? 2. What color? 3. Clinical Application?)

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  • Secretory Vesicles, sER, Lysosomes, Mitochondria, Type I Collagen
  • Stains Pink
  • Acid
  • Coagulative Necrosis
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Feulgen Reaction (1. What does it stain? 2. What color? 3. Clinical Application?)

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  • DNA (Both Nuclear & Mitochondrial)
  • Stains Magenta

-Nuclear changes in Cancer

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Mallory Triple (1. What does it stain? 2. What color? 3. Clinical Application?)

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Dye Cocktail that stains a spectrum of colors:

  • Nuclei= Red
  • Muscle= Red to Orange
  • Collagen= Blue
  • Hyaline Cartilage= Blue

-Fibrosis

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Periodic Acid Schiff (PAS) Reaction (1. What does it stain? 2. What color? 3. Clinical Application?)

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  • Carbohydrates
  • Magenta
  • Thickened basement membranes in kidney disease
  • Glycogen Storage Disease (Liver)
  • Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Disease (Emphysema)
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Osmic Acid (1. What does it stain? 2. What color? 3. Clinical Application?)

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  • Lipids

- Black

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Verhoeff (1. What does it stain? 2. What color? 3. Clinical Application?)

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  • Elastic Fibers
  • Black
  • Elastic Fibers in Marfan Syndrome
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Silver Methods (1. What does it stain? 2. What color? 3. Clinical Application?)

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  • Intermediate Filaments of Nerve Cells, Glial Cells, Reticular Fibers
  • Black
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Trypan Blue (1. What does it stain? 2. What color? 3. Clinical Application?)

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  • Stains Macrophages in “Vital Tissue”

- Blue

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Prussian Blue (1. What does it stain? 2. What color? 3. Clinical Application?)

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  • Hemosiderin (Ferric Iron)
  • Blue

-Excessive iron in hemochromatosis

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Nissil (1. What does it stain? 2. What color? 3. Clinical Application?)

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  • Ribosomes

- Blue

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Iron Hematoxylin (1. What does it stain? 2. What color? 3. Clinical Application?)

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  • Nuclear Elements, Chromosomes, Mitochondria, Centrioles & Muscle Striation
  • Dark blue to black
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Congo Red

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Amyloid Deposits (e.g. Alzheimer’s Disease)

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Frozen Tissue Section

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  • Preparation method when tissue examination is urgent

- Results in thicker slices with less detail

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Immunocytochemistry

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  • Technique that uses tagged antibody as a marker directed to a specific antigen
  • Direct & Indirect
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Direct Immunocytochemistry

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  • Less sensitive w/ fewer antibodies

- Marker associated w/ antibody

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Indirect Immunocytochemistry

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  • More sensitive w/ more antibodies that amplify the signal

- Marker associated with antibody to antigen/antibody complex

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Clinical Utility of Immunocytochemistry

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  • Categorization of Tumor Origin e.g. Cytokeratins (Epithelial) & D2-40 (Lymph)
  • Breast Cancer e.g. Estrogen Receptor, HER2/neu, & Carinoembryonic Antigen
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In situ hybridization

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  • Uses complementary nucleic acid probes to specifically identify a nuclei acid sequence
  • When probe has a fluorescent maker, called FISH
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Clinical Utility of In situ hybridizatyion

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  • Id. cell infected w/ virus e.g. HPV
  • Id. specific genes on a chromosome e.g. BRCA1 & 2
  • Detection of gene amplification e.g. Myc & HER2/neu

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