G2 - Intro To Histology Flashcards
What size are cells?
10^-6 m or 1 micrometer
What size are organelles?
1 nm or 1 angstrom (1x10^-10 m)
What is resolution?
The smallest distance at which 2 points can be distinguished from each other
What is the resolution of the human eye?
0.2 mm
What is the resolution of a light microscope?
0.2 micrometers
What is the resolution of a transmission electron microscope?
2-3 nm
How would you prepare tissues for study?
- Fix tissue using formaldehyde (chemical) or freezing (physical)
- Dehydrate tissue
- Embed tissue using paraffin or plastic resin
- Section tissue into 1-10 micrometer sections
- Stain
What stain should be used for acidic cellular components?
hematoxylin (blue)
What stain should be used for basophilic substances?
Hematoxylin
What stain should be used for nucleic acids?
Hematoxylin
What stain should be used for basic cellular components?
Eosin
What stain should be used for acidophilic substances?
Eosin
What stain should be used for cytoplasm?
Eosin
What can you visualize with a hematoxylin & eosin (H&E) stain?
Cells, nuclei, arrangement
What is euchromatin?
Not very condensed chromatin within nucleus
What is heterochromatin?
Condensed chromatin within nucleolus
What type of chromatin contains actively transcribed genes?
Euchromatin
What type of chromatin contains inactive DNA?
Heterochromatin
Which type of chromatin stains darker? Lighter?
Heterochromatin, then euchromatin