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Lec Staining Flashcards

1
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Give the specific stains and what it stains

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Perl’s Prussian blue- hemosiderin (hemoglobin)
Periodic Acid Schiff- polysaccharides (carbohydrates)

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2
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Give the stains in direct/simple staining

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Methylene blue
Eosin

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3
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Examples of indirect staining

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Mordant
Accentuator

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Examples of mordant

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Potassium alum with hematoxylin in Ehrlich’s hematoxylin
Iron in weigert’s hematoxylin

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5
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Examples of accentuators (2)

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KOH in Loeffler’s methylene blue
Phenol in carbon thionine and carbol fuchsin

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6
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Stains used in progressive staining

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Gill’s haematoxylin
Mayer’s haematoxylin

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7
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Stains used in regressive staining

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Harris’ haematoxylin
Delafield’s haematoxylin

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8
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This staining does not stain nucleus

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Vital staining

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9
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mixture of PICRIC ACID and ACID FUCHSIN for the demonstration of CT, MUCIN, and ELASTIC TISSUE

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Van Gieson’s (Acid Fuschin PIcric Acid)

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10
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basic acridine flurochrome which permits discrimination between DEAD AND LIVING cells, giving GREEN fluorescence for DNA

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Acridine Orange

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for CALCIUM SALTS and PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY

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Acridine Red 3B

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12
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CYTOPLASMIC STAIN used for COUNTERSTAINING of EPITHELIAL CELLS

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Aniline Blue

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13
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stain ACID MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES, more specific for CT and EPITHELIAL MUCIN

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Alcian Blue

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14
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a PLASMA STAIN utilized for deep staining of acid fast organisms’ MITOCHONDRIA, and a differentiation of SMOOTH MUSCLES with the use of PICRIC ACID

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Basic Fuchsin
(Carbol fuchsin, Coleman’s Feulgen, Schiff’s, Mallory’s fuchsin, Aldehyde fuchsin/Gomori’s)

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15
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staining HAEMOGLOBIN

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Benzidine

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16
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stains DIPTHERIA ; used for contrast stain for Gram’s technique, acid-fast, and Papanicolaou method

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Bismarck Brown

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17
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used as a CHROMATIN stain for fresh materials in smear preparations

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Carmine

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18
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combined with ALUMINUM CHLORIDE to stain GLYCOGEN

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Best Carmine

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19
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a mordanted dye acting as a basic dye and staining ACID SUBSTANCES

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Mayer’s Carmalum solution

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20
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recommended for staining of FIXED SECTIONS

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Celestine Blue

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21
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best known as INDICATOR; may be used as a stain for axis cylinders in EMBRYOS; used for staining ELASTIC TISSUES, AMYLOID, and MYELIN (Krajian’s Method)

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Congo Red

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22
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a NUCLEAR or CHROMATIN stain used for staining AMYLOID in FROZEN SECTIONS and PLATELETS

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Crsytal Violet

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23
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mixture of CV, Methyl Violet, and Dextrin

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Gentian Violet

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24
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stain blood to DIFFERENTIATE LEUKOCYTES

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Giemsa

25
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used for METALLIC IMPREGNATION, made up of gold chloride and mercuric chloride

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Gold Sublimate

26
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the OLDEST and stains AMYLOID, CELLULOSE, STARCH, CAROTENES, and GLYCOGEN

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Gram’s Iodine and Lugol’s Iodine

27
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used for staining MITOCHONDRIA

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Janus Green B

28
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contrast stain for ASCARIS EGGS and ERYTHROCYTES, and BACTERIAL SPORE stain

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Malachite Green

29
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stains CHROMATIN GREEN when an acid is present

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Methyl Green

30
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DIPTHERIA diagnosis

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Methylene Blue

31
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stains PLASMA CELLS, fresh SPUTUM for malignant cells, evaluation and differentiation of bacterial organisms

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Methylene Blue

32
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coloring NUCLEI of LEUKOCYTES REDDISH-PURPLE in presence of METHYLENE BLUE

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Methylene Violet

33
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for observing CELL GRANULES and VACUOLES of phagocytic cells

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Neutral Red

34
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substitute for carbol fuchsin in acid-fast staining

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Night Blue

35
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an excellent stain for ELASTIC FIBERS; demonstrates the finest and most delicate fibers in skin used for DERMATOLOGIC STUDIES

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Orcein

36
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commonly used as a fixative and is used to stain FAT

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Osmium Tetroxide

37
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utilized for manufacture of PAINTS
used as a MICROANATOMICAL contrast stain for demonstration of the circulatory system by injection (intravital staining)

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Prussian Blue

38
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used with osmic acid to fix and stain BLOOD and GLANDULAR TISSUES

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Rhodamine B

39
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used in identification of SPIROCHETES, RETICULUM, and OTHER FIBER STAINS

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Silver Nitrate

40
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stains NISSL granules or CHROMOPHILIC BODIES and nuclear stain for FIXED TISSUES

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Toluidine Blue

41
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used as a substitute for thionine in fresh tissue sections

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Toluidine Blue

42
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stains NEUROGLIA in frozen section

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Victoria Blue

43
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enumerate basic fuchsin stains

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Schiff’s
Carbol fuchsin
Coleman’s Feulgen
Aldehyde fuchsin/Gomori’s
Mallory’s fuchsin

44
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Enumerate cytoplasmic counterstains

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RED
Eosin Y
Eosin B
Phloxine B
Rose Bengal

YELLOW
Picric acid
Orange G

GREEN
Light green SF
Lissamine green

45
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Enumerate nuclear counterstain

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RED
Neutral red
Safranin
Carmine

BLUE
Methylene blue
Toluidine blue
Celestine blue
Hematoxylin

46
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What is Trypan Blue

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Used in vital staining of reticuloendothelial system

47
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This staining demonstrates cytoplasmic phagocytosis

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Vital staining

48
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Used to stain living cells immediately after removal from the living body

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Supravital staining

49
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Done by injecting the dye into any part of the animal body (IV, subcutaneous, intraperitoneal) producing specific coloration of certain cells, particularly those of the RES

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Intravital staining

50
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Used in supravital staining and is probably the best vital dye

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Neutral red

51
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Stains used in intravital staining

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Lithium
India ink
Carmine

52
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Metallic impregnation have the greatest application in tissue from the ___ and for the demonstration of ___

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CNS, reticulin

53
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Stains used in metallic impregnation

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Silver nitrate
Osmium tetroxide

54
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This is the most commonly used stain in metallic impregnation

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Silver nitrate

55
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This staining entails the use of the specific dyes that stains tissues with a color that is different from that of the stain color itself

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Metachromatic staining (metachromasia)

56
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Stains used in metachromasia

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Metachromatic dye
Cresyl blue

57
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This stain is a basic dye belonging to Thizine and Triphenylmethane groups which stains for mast cell granules

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Metachromatic dye

58
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Stain used for reticulocytes which stains it violetish-blue or deep blue

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Cresyl blue

59
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Stains under histochemical staining

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Perl Prussian Blue
Periodic Acid Schiff

Histopathology (16 decks)

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