Quiz Flashcards
A yellow solution of decalcifying agent MAY indicate that it contains what?
Nitrous acid
Used to counteract shrinkage in compound fixatives
Acetic acid
What inhibits the formation of paraformaldehyde in commercial formalin?
Methanol
All connective tissues and cells are derived from ____________ cells
mesenchymal
Used as a post-formalin fixative before trichrome staining
Bouins
Substrate used with horseradish peroxidase?
Hydrogen peroxide
Nuclear chromatin is best preserved by which fixatives containing?
Acetic acid
Reagent used to remove tissue discolouration caused by chromic acid (Grocott)
Sodium bisulphite
Fixative that forms black granular deposits in tissues
Mercurial fixatives
In a dye molecule, the hydroxyl group is a/an?
Auxochrome
3 main components of Bouin’s
- picric acid
- acetic acid
- formalin
Fixative that would LEAST likely affect IHC staining
Alcohol
Streaming artifact occurs with ___________
glycogen
Eosin would most likely be quickly differentiated by.
1) treating with acid
2) raising the pH of the rinse solution
3) treating with xylene
4) washing in running water
2) raising the pH of the rinse solution
A solution which contains positive and negative dye ions is called a _______ dye
neutral
How to remove paraformaldehyde precipitate in concentrated formaldehyde?
Filtering
What is added to Zenker’s fixative stock just before use?
a. HCl
b. 10% formalin
c. picric acid
d. glacial acetic acid
d. glacial acetic acid
Max length of time tissue can be oxidized w/ periodic acid
No maximum - you cannot over-oxidize with periodic acid (unlike chromic acid)
Prolonged exposure of tissue to xylene during paraffin processing causes?
Excessive hardening of tissue
Dense IRREGULAR connective tissue may be found in
1) tendon
2) ligament
3) dermis
4) bone
3) dermis
Why is it important to cut Congo Red sections at 6-10 microns?
Required to give proper birefringence
Effect of formalin on neutral fats?
Nothing - leaves them unaltered
Which of the following are not phagocytic cells?
a) Kupffer cells
b) macrophages
c) histiocytes
d) Langerhans giant cells
e) mast cells
e) mast cells
___________ are responsible for myelination of axons in the CNS
Oligodendrocytes
If you find that your muscle staining is gray-pink instead of red in your trichrome procedure
1) left the fast green on for too long
2) did not treat the sections long enough in Bouin’s fixative @60°C
3) forgot the phosphomolybdic acid step
4) iron hematoxylin was over-differentiated by ferric chloride
2) did not treat the sections long enough in Bouin’s fixative @60°C
What causes formalin pigment to form?
Acid pH in formalin
The purpose for incorporating acetic acid in hematoxylin solutions is to
1) fix or precipitate nucleic acids
2) suppress ionization of negative charges in background tissues
3) prevent growth of microorganisms in the solution
4) oxidize the staining solution
2) suppress ionization of negative charges in background tissues
Cytoplasmic dye in Van Gieson’s
Picric acid
Picric acid may be removed from tissue sections by.
1) rinsing with a slightly alkaline buffer or salt solution
2) rinsing in a weak acid solution
3) rinsing in formaldehyde
4) none of the above
1) rinsing with a slightly alkaline buffer or salt solution
Mercury fixative pigments are removed by treatment with?
Alcoholic iodine followed by sodium thiosulphate