Exam 1 (Tissue Processing - Cell VII) Flashcards
Hematoxylin
Stains basophilic structures blue
RNA, DNA, ribosomes, rER
Eosin
Stains acidophilic structures pink
Secretory vesicles, sER, lysosomes, mitochindria, type I collagen
Feulgen reaction
Magenta (purplish-pink)
DNA
Mallory Triple
Nuclei - Red
Muscle- Red to orange
Collagen-Blue
Hyaline Cart. - Blue
PAS reaction
Magenta
Carbohydrates
Osmic Acid
Black
Lipids
Verhoeff
Black
Elastic Fibers
Silver Methods
Black
Intermediate filaments of nerve cells, glial cells, reticular fibers (type III colagen)
Trypan Blue
Blue
Macrophages
Prussian Blue
Blue
Macrophages
Nissl
Blue
Ribosomes
Iron Hematoxylin
Dark blue to black
Nuclear elements, chromosomes, mitochondria, centrioles, muscle striation
Steps of Tissue Processing
Fixation - Formalin or Glutaraldehyde Dehydration - Alcohol series Clearing - Xylene Embedding - Paraffin Sectioning - NA Mouting - NA Staining - blah blah
Acid dyes
Negative Charge
Basic dyes
Positive charge
What stain: coagulative necrosis
H and E
What stain: Thickened basement membrane, glycogen storage disease, alpha1-antitrypsin
PAS
What stain: Fibrosis
Mallory triple
What stain: Nuclear changes
Feulgen
What stain: excessive iron
Prussian Blue
What stain: extracellular amyloid
Congo red
What stain: elastic fibers
Verhoeff
3 cellular constituents
Organelles
Inclusions
Cytosol
Cytosol vs Cytoplasm
Cytoplasm- everything external to nucleus including cytosol
Cytosol- Part of cytoplasm void of organelles and inclusions