Fixatives Flashcards

1
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Maintains color - Museum fixative

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10% Formol Saline

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2
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Recommended for routine post-mortem material

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Formol Sublimate

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3
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Recommended for lipid fixation

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Formol Calcium; Lillie; 1965

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4
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Used for glycogen

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Genre’s fluid

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5
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Used in electron microscopy, fixing material for ultrathin sections for electron microscopy

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Osmium tetroxide

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6
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Metallic fixatives:

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Mercuric fixatives
Chromate fixatives
Lead fixatives

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7
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Ions of this acts by combining with acidic (carboxyl -COOH) groups of proteins and form especially strong combination with the sulfur (thiol) radicals

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Mercuric Fixatives

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Mercuric Fixatives:

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Zenker’s
Zenker-Formol (Helly’s Sol’n)
Heidenhain’s Susa Fixtives
Schaudinn’s sublimated alcohol
B5 fixative

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9
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Best for fixation of blood forming or blood containing tissues i.e. pituitary gland, bone marrow, spleen, and liver

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Zenker-Formol (Helly’s Solution)

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10
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Recommended for fixing small pieces of liver, spleen, connective tissue fibers and nuclei

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Zenker’s fluid

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11
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Viral inclusions (Negri bodies)

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Zenker’s Fluid

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12
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Recommended for tumor biopsies esp. of the skin

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Heidenhain’s Susa Solution

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13
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Commonly used for Bone marrow samples

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B-5 Fixatives

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14
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Principles of this leads to disruption of the internal salt linkages of the protein increasing the reactive basic groups and thereby enhancing acidophilic in staining

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Chromate fixatives

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15
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Chromate fixatives:

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Chromic acid
Potassium dichromate
Regaud’s (Moller’s fluid)
Orth’s fluid

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16
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Preserves carbohydrates, precipitates proteins

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Chromic acid

17
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Preserves mitochondria

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Potassium dichromate

18
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used for mitochondria, mitotic figures and golgi bodies

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Regaud’s (Moller’s fluid)

19
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demonstrates ricketssiae, tissue necrosis

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Orth’s fluid

20
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Mainly used for mucopolysaccharides

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Lead fixatives

21
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Picric Acid fixatives:

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Bouin’s fluid
Brasil’s alcoholic - picro formol fixative

22
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For fixation of embryos and pituitary biopsies

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Bouin’s fluid

23
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Rapidly denatures proteins by destroying hydrogen bonds

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Alcoholic fixatives

24
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Alcoholic Fixatives:

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Methyl alcohol
Ethyl alcohol
Isopropyl alcohol
Carnoy’s fluid
Newcomer’s fluid

25
Q

Excellent for fixing dry and wet smears, blood smears and bone marrow

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Methyl Alcohol

26
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For touch preparation

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Isopropyl alcohol

27
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Used in histochemistry for enzyme studies

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Ethyl alcohol

28
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Recommended for fixing chromosomes and for urgent biopsies

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Carnoy’s fluid

29
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Considered to be the most rapid fixative

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Carnoy’s fluid

30
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Used in heat fixation

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Ether saline (0.85%) pr 10% formal saline used