Special Staining (Connective Tissue)

Question 1

Stain Reticulin Fibers

Answer 1

Gomori’s Silver Impregnation
Gordon’s and Sweets

Question 2

Stains Collagen

Answer 2

Van Gieson

Question 3

Stains Collagen Fibers

Answer 3

Masson’s Trichrome Stain

Question 4

Weigert’s Elastic Tissue Stain
Weigert’s Resorcin -fuchsin
Orcein

Stains what part of connective tissue?

Answer 4

Elastic Fibers

Question 5

Rapid method for staining ELASTIC FIBERS, FIBRIN and AMYLOID

Answer 5

Kraijan’s Technique

Question 6

Which of the following is not used to stain Amyloid

Rapid Method For Staininy ELASTIC FIBERS, FIBRIN and AMYLOID

• Mallory’s Phosphotungstic Acid
Hematoxin(PTAH) Method
• Highman’s Congo Red
• Alkaline Congo Red Technique
• Kraijan’s Amyloid Stain (Modified Bennhold Method)
• Methyl Violet-crystal Violet Method
• Induced Fluorescent Staining With Thioflavine T
• Sirius Red

Answer 6

NOTA

(all of the following answers are used to stain amyloid)

Question 7

Differential staining of collagen and demonstrate CT

Answer 7

Van Gieson’s

Question 8

Used to stain both CNS and general Tissue structures

Answer 8

Mallory’s PTAH method

Question 9

Method of choice for Amyloid?

Answer 9

Alkaline Congo Red