Histo 1 Flashcards
- It is the best fixative for blood smears
a. bouin’s solution
b. carnoy’s fluid
c. methanol
d. osmium tetroxide
c. methanol
- Helly’s fluid contains all of the following except:
a. Mercuric chloride
b. potassium dichromate
c. sodium sulphate
d. glacial acetic acid
d. glacial acetic acid
- This is the best decalcifying agent:
a. nitric acid
b. formic acid
c. TCA
d. acetic acid
a. nitric acid
4.Paraformaldehyde deposits are be removed by addition of:
a. saturated alcoholic picric acid
b. alcoholic lithium chloride
c. iodine & sodium thiosulfate
d. 10% methanol
d. 10% methanol
- For chromic acid fixed tissue, what is used to wash the specimen?
a. tap water
b. 70% ethanol
c. alcoholic iodine
d. potassium permanganate
a. tap water
- The fixation begins at the:
a. center-outward
b. center-inward
c. periphery-outward
d. periphery-inward
d. periphery-inward
- For most fixatives, the volume of fixing fluid in relation to the
volume of the tissue should be:
a. 2-5 times
b. 6-9 times
c. 7-12 times
d. 10- 20 times
d. 10- 20 times
- One of the action of acetic acid is to:
a. preserves nucleoproteins
b. fixes chromosomes
c. preserves the chromatin
d. All of these
d. All of these
- Which of the following fixatives has a mordanting effect towards
the tissues?
a. carnoy’s solution
b. 10% formalin
c. absolute alcohol
d. zenker’s solution
d. zenker’s solution
- This clearing agent has a toxic & carcinogenic effect on the
worker, and can cause aplastic anemia on prolonged exposure:
a. chloroform
b. xylene
c. benzene
d. toluene
c. benzene
- In electron microscopy, glutaraldehyde function as a:
a. dehydrating agent
b. clearing agent
c. embedding agents
d. fixatives
d. fixatives
- This fixative requires less amount for it to exerts it action:
a. acetone
b. Flemming’s solution
c. trichloroacetic acid
d. Formalin
b. Flemming’s solution
- This fixative is incorporated to other fixatives because of its
swelling effect?
a. flemming’s w/o acetic acid
b. acetone
c. trichloroacetic acid
d. flemming’s solution
c. trichloroacetic acid
- This is the process of removing intercellular & extracellular water
from the tissue:
a. decalcification
b. dealcoholisation
c. dehydration
d. clearing
c. dehydration
- Which fixative is good for electron microscopy?
a. 10% NBF
b. Glutaraldehyde
c. acetone
d. Orth’s
b. Glutaraldehyde
16.Which reagent/s is/are both acting as a dehydrating & clearing
agent?
a. dioxane
b. THF
c. both
d. Neither
c. both
- With this reagent, the tissue has the tendency on the solution?
a. tetrahydrofuran
b. Clove oil
c. benzene
d. Chloroform
d. Chloroform
- After the clearing process, xylene turns milky, it signify
incomplete _________?
a. fixation
b. Dehydration
c. both
d. Neither
b. Dehydration
- Which of the following methods is not used to remove the
paraformaldehyde deposits?
a. filtration
b. 10% methanol
b. All of these
e. None of these
e. None of these
- Reason why the acetic acid is removed from the solution of
Flemming:
a. remove the artefacts
b. improves nuclear details
c. improves cytoplasmic details
d. remove paraformaldehyde deposits
c. improves cytoplasmic details
- Which is not a physiologic atrophy?
a. uterus after delivery
b. Thymus during puberty
c. pressure atrophy
d. Atrophy of the brain during late adulthood
c. pressure atrophy
- Tissue size increases because of size increase of the individual
cells:
a. hypertrophy
b. Hyperplasia
c. metaplasia
d. Dysplasia
a. hypertrophy
- Failure of an organ to reach its full, mature size:
a. atresia
b. Aplasia
c. anaplasia
d. Agenesia
b. Aplasia
- Most commonly seen in one of paired structures like the
kidneys:
a. atresia
b. Aplasia
c. anaplasia
d. Agenesia
b. Aplasia
- Atrophy because of decrease workload of an organ:
a. pressure atrophy
b. Exhaustion atrophy
c. starvation atrophy
d. Atrophy of disuse
d. Atrophy of disuse
- In the classification of epithelial tissue, this stratification is
described as appearing to have more than one layer but all cells
contact the basement membrane:
a. simple epithelium
b. stratified epithelium
c. pseudostratified epithelium
d. AOTA
c. pseudostratified epithelium
- The changes in the myocardium due to increased functional
demand as seen in hypertensive heart disease are considered to be:
a. pathologic hypertrophy
b. physiologic hypertrophy
c. pathologic hyperplasia
d. physiologic hyperplasia
a. pathologic hypertrophy
- Malnutritional condition such as Marasmus and kwashiorkor are
classified under this type of atrophy:
a. pressure atrophy
b. endocrine atrophy
c. senile atrophy
d. nutritional atrophy
e. disuse atrophy
d. nutritional atrophy
- Improper preservation of the tissue that resulted to decay of the
specimen, is due to:
a. delay in fixation
b. rapid penetration of fixative
c. prolonged storage of tissue in the fixative
d. rapid dehydration, clearing, embedding, and cutting
a. delay in fixation
- This fixative is composed of Chromic acid, osmium tetroxide, and
potassium dichromate:
a. flemming’s fluid
b. flemming’s w/o acetic acid
c. TCA
d. Champy’s fluid
d. Champy’s fluid
- Decreased workload on the skeletal muscle results in:
a. pressure atrophy
b. endocrine atrophy
c. senile atrophy
d. disuse atrophy
d. disuse atrophy
- It is a specialized type of epithelial tissue which forms moist
lining of body openings.
a. keratinized squamous epithelium
b. non-keratinized squamous epithelium
c. non-ciliated columnar epithelium
d. glandular epithelium
b. non-keratinized squamous epithelium
- This is a finger-like extensions of the plasma membrane whose
purpose is to maximize surface area in the small intestines:
a. cilia
b. Fibers
c. acini
d. Goblet cells
a. cilia
34.Which of the following is a type of nonstriated and involuntary
muscle tissue?
a. cardiac muscle tissue
b. smooth muscle tissue
c. skeletal muscle tissue
d. nervous tissue
e. nota
b. smooth muscle tissue
- What is the refractive index of the glass slide?
a. 1.581
b. 1.851
c. 1.185
d. 1.518
d. 1.518
36.The temperature of the cryostat is maintained at what
temperature?
a. 0 to -10C
b. 40 to 60C
c. -18 to -20 *C
d. 5- to -10 *C
c. -18 to -20 *C
- Ringing is perform to:
a. Remove the bubbles in the slide
b. Prevent escape of the mountant
c. Better preserve the tissue
d. To focus the tissue in the center
b. Prevent escape of the mountant
- Saffron is extracted from:
a. tree
b. vegetable
c. flower
d. Bug
c. flower
- Example of mounting agent:
a. Clarite
b. Entallan
c. Canada balsam
d. AOTA
e. NOTA
d. AOTA
40.Which is not a purpose of flotation bath?
a. To dissolve the wax
b. To soften the wax
c. To straighten the section
d. To stretch the section
a. To dissolve the wax
41.Krognic cement is used as:
a. Ringing agent
b. Mountant
c. Adhesive
d. Coverslip
a. Ringing agent
- Purpose of mounting of section:
a. For easy identification of slide
b. For safe keeping of glass slide
c. Protection of tissue from oxidation
d. Enhance the stain of the tissue
c. Protection of tissue from oxidation
43.It is an outstanding agent because it can fix, differentiate and stain the tissue all by itself:
a. Methylene blue
b. Neutral red
c. Janus green
d. Picric acid
d. Picric acid
- Tissues such as non-fatty breast tissues is cut at which of the following temperature in cryostat?
a. -5°C
b. -15°C
c. -36°C
d. -70°C
b. -15°C
- Cellular adaptation due to increased cytoplasmic protein triggered by growth factors:
a. agenesis
b. hypertrophy
c. hyperplasia
d. metaplasia
b. hypertrophy
- This is a fixative that can cause a allergic dermatitis, sinusitis, rhinitis and lacrimation:
a. zenker’s fluid
b. mercuric chloride
c. formaldehyde
d. ethanol
c. formaldehyde
- This fixative has an anti-fungal effect:
a. picric acid
b. Heidenhain’s susa
c. formaldehyde
d. Helly’s solution
c. formaldehyde
- Act as a fixative and a strong oxidizing agent:
a. chromic acid
b. Cedarwood oil
c. lead acetate
d. Moller’s reagent
a. chromic acid
- All of the following is part of the usual histotechniques, except:
a. decalcification
b. Fixation
c. dehydration
d. Clearing
a. decalcification
- Only aldehyde fixative that do not cause irritation ( dermatitis):
a. 10% formalin
b. 10% formol-saline
c. formol-sublimate
d. glutaraldehyde
d. glutaraldehyde
- Transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder and the mucinous ovarian tumor are usually positive for
a.CK7
b.CK20
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B
c. Both A and B
52.The best screening marker for lymphoma is
a.CD3, CD4, CD8
b. LCA or CD45
c.CD19, CD20, CD23
d.CD15, CD30
b. LCA or CD45
53.If the clearing agent turned milky as soon as the tissue is placed in it, the most probable reason is
a. Insufficient impregnation
b. Prolonged dehydration
c. Delayed fixation
d. Incomplete dehydration
d. Incomplete dehydration
- The plasma-thrombin method is a technique in preparing
a. Smears for cytology
b. Adhesive
c. Cell block
d. Decalcification technique
c. Cell block
55.Small pieces of tissue not >1mm diameter is placed on the slide—forcibly compressed with another slide or coverslip.
a. Teasing or dissociation
b. Squash preparation(crushing)
c. Smear preparation
d. None of the above
b. Squash preparation(crushing)
56.Hydrogen peroxide and potassium permanganate converts hematoxylin into
a. Stable hematin
b. Mercuric oxide
c. A weak base
d. A weak acid
a. Stable hematin
57.Selected tissue is immersed in a watch glass with isotonic solution and careful—dissected or separated
a. Teasing or dissociation
b. Squash preparation (crushing)
c. Smear preparation
d. None of the above
a. Teasing or dissociation
- Microtome with CO2 or cryostat cold chamber is maintained at what temperature?
a. temp 0 to -10C
b. temp 0 to -20C
c. temp -10 to -20C
d. temp -30 to -40C
c. temp -10to -20C
- Most rapid agent but one of its disadvantage is soft tissue crack due to ice crystal (freeze artifact) formation?
a. aerosol spray
b. carbon dioxide gas
c. isopentane cooled by liquid nitrogen
d. liquid nitrogen
d. liquid nitrogen
60.Most common injury related work in histopath
a. Burn injury
b. Chemical spill injury
c. Electrical burn injury
d. cutting the finger or hand with microtome knives
d. cutting the finger or hand with microtome knives
- Most important step in operating equipment.
a. Learn basic before use
b. Never attempt to set up w/out approval of manufacturer
c. Operating manual provide info to machine operation
d. Read the manual
d. Read the manual
- Inadequate decalcification result in the following, except:
a. damage to the knife edge during sectioning
b. disruption of the surrounding tissue
c. poor cutting of hard tissues
d. poor staining procedure
d. poor staining procedure
- Fixation most common for amino acid histochemistry.
a. Alcohol fixative
b. Alcoholic formaldehyde
c. Neutral buffered formol saline or formaldehyde
d. Karnovsky’s formaldehyde-glutaraldehyde solution
d. Karnovsky’s formaldehyde-glutaraldehyde solution
- The following would require washing out of excess fixative with
water, except.
a. Bouin’s Solution
b. Flemming’s Solution
c. Kelly’s Solution
d. Zenker’s Solution
a. Bouin’s Solution
65.After processing and the paraffin-embedded block has been trimmed, the tissue reveals a “grating”, resistance sensation when
sectioned with a microtome knife. What will be your best action as a med tech?
a. Remove the tissue block from the chuck and place it face down on a pad of cotton /gauze moistened and saturated with l0% acetic acid for one hour. Adjust staining.
b. Remove the tissue block from the chuck and melt paraffin and repeat decalcification.
c. Remove the tissue block from the chuck and place it face down on a pad of cotton /gauze moistened and saturated with l0% hydrochloric acid for one hour. Adjust staining.
d. Repeat the processing and decalcification of the tissue
c. Remove the tissue block from the chuck and place it face down on a pad of cotton /gauze moistened and saturated with l0% hydrochloric acid for one hour. Adjust staining.
- Rapid decalcifying agents are most likely to adversely affect any subsequent staining, causing the
a. Cell nuclear chromatin to take up too much hematoxylin and other basic dyes
b. Failure of acid dyes to stain tissues
c. Staining of acid dyes eosin is not affected produce a bright red stain with differential shading.
d. Failure of nuclear chromatin to take up hematoxylin and other basic dyes
d. Failure of nuclear chromatin to take up hematoxylin and other basic dyes
- Decalcifying agents that combine with calcium ions and salts (e.g. iron and magnesium deposits) to form weakly dissociated complexes and facilitate removal of calcium salt.
a. Acids
b. Chelating agents
c. Electrical ionization (electrophoresis)
d. Ion exchange resins
b. Chelating agents
- A toxic dehydrating agent, primarily employed for blood, tissue films and smear preparation.
a. Ethyl alcohol
b. Methyl alcohol
c. Butyl alcohol
d. Isopropyl alcohol
b. Methyl alcohol
- It is Indication of the full saturation of dehydrating fluid with water, using a layer of anhydrous copper sulfate
a. clearing of solution
b.no discoloration/transparent copper sulfate crystals
c. blue discoloration of copper sulfate crystals
d. white discoloration of copper sulfate crystals
c. blue discoloration of copper sulfate crystals
- Characteristics of an Ideal Dehydrating Solution, except.
a. dehydrate rapidly without producing considerable shrinkage or distortion of tissues.
b. evaporate very fast.
c. be able to dehydrate even fatty tissues.
d. not remove stains
b. evaporate very fast.