Lab - Content Week 1

Question 1

Prior to examination on a microscope tissue will usually have been exposed to _______ _______ that…?

On what?

Stained with what?

To visualise what?

Answer 1

Chemical fixatives

Preserve cellular structure, sectioned very thinly (1-10 microns) on a microtome and stained with a number of dyes that help visualise different cellular components

Question 2

Name the parts of a microscope

Answer 2