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Special Stains Flashcards

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Special stains for glycogen

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Periodic Acid Schiff

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Special stain for Glycogen, Mast Cell Granules, Fibrin And Mucin

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Best Carmine Method

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Special Stain for Glycogen, and amyloid

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Langhan’s Iodine Method

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Special stain for glycosaminoglycans

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Metachromatic Staining- Azure A
Metachromatic Toluidine Blue

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Special stain for acid mucin

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Colloidal (Dialyzed) Iron Technique

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Special stain for Acid Mucopolysaccharide

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Alcian Blue Technique

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Special stain for differentiate Acid Mucin from Neutral Mucin

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Combined Alcian Blue-pas-hematoxylin Technique

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Special stain: Encapsulated fungi: C. Neoformans

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Southgate’s Mucicarmine Technique

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Sulfated Mucins

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Gomori’s Aldehyde Fuchsin

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Carbohydrate: Mucin

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Mucicarmine Stain

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Carbohydrate: Acid Mucin And Mucopolysaccharide

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Fluorescent Acridine Orange Technique

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used for the demonstration of glycogen specially when it uses the Diastase Method; may also stain
Mucoproteins, Mucin, Carbohydrates, Glycoproteins, Glycolipids, Unsaturated Lipids and Phospholipids. (+Red)

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Periodic Acid Schiff

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has a good affinity to glycogen (bright red) due to alkaline carminic acid ; weakly stains mast cell granules, fibrin and mucin

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Best Carmine method

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obsolete stain, not specific for glycogen, rapid but tends to fade after a few months

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Langhan’s Iodine Method

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gives a red-purple stain

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Metachromatic Staining- Azure A metachromatic techniques and Metachromatic Toluidine blue

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most popular method for acid mucin (+Blue)

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Alcian Blue Technique

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Neutral mucins are stained by PAS while acid mucin are stained by Alcian blue

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Combined Alcian Blue-PAS-Hematoxylin technique

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demonstrates sulfated mucins, staining it purple

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Gomori’s Aldehyde Fuchsin

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demonstrates mucin by adding aluminum hydroxide to carmine. (+) red

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Mucicarmine stain

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absorbed onto tissue containing acid mucin at low ph, and visualized by it’s conversion to
ferric cyanide.

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Colloidal (Dialyzed) Iron technique

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gives selective brilliant orange fluorescence. It is temporary and lasts for 2 hours once it is
mounted

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Fluorescent Acridine Orange technique

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STAINING OF PROTEINS: Basic proteins : Protamines & Histones

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Alkaline Fast Green

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Proteins: Cystine and Cysteine

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Peracetic Acid-Alcian Blue

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Proteins: Sakaguchi’s Test

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Arginine

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25
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STAINING OF FATS OR LIPIDS: most sensitive

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Sudan black

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STAINING OF FATS OR LIPIDS: Triglycerides

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Sudan IV (Scharlach R)

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STAINING OF FATS OR LIPIDS: Triglycerides

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Sudan IV (Scharlach R)

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STAINING OF FATS OR LIPIDS: Fats

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Oil Red O

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STAINING OF FATS OR LIPIDS :
Neutral Fats
Cholestrin Esters
Cholestrin Fatty Acids
Cerebrosides
Fatty Acids
Soap

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Nile Blue Stain

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STAINING OF FATS OR LIPIDS : Unsaturated Fats

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Osmic Acid Stain

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STAINING OF FATS OR LIPIDS : Sulfatide deposits

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Toluidine Blue
Acetone Method

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STAINING OF FATS OR LIPIDS : Gangliosides

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Borohydride Periodic Schiff

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STAINING OF FATS OR LIPIDS : Cholesterol

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Perchloric acid-napthoquinone

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Intensified and preserved w/ addition of Benzoic Acid

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Sudan IV

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35
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Unstable oxide used as fixative for EM and Histochemistry

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Osmic Acid

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36
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Differentiates lipid by its oxazone; Red(Neutral Lipids), Blue (Basic Lipids)

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Nile Blue Sulfate:

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aka Bodian and Lake

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Toluidine Blue

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STAINING OF ENZYME: Alkaline Phosphatase Activity

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Gomori - Calcium Method

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STAINING OF ENZYME: Acid Phosphatase

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Gomori - Lead method

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40
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STAINING OF ENZYME : Lead Method for 5-nucleotidase

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Wachstein & Meissel

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STAINING OF ENZYME: Nonspecific esterase

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Alpha napthyl acetate method
Indoxyl Acetate Method

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42
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Staining of enzyme: Monoamine Oxidase

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Tetrazolium Method

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43
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Staining of enzyme: Monoamine Oxidase

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Tetrazolium Method

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44
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Staining of enzyme: (+) brownish- black

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Gomori Calcium

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45
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Staining of enzyme: (+) black precipitate.

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Gomori Lead

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46
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Staining of enzyme: (+) blackish-brown deposit. For unfixed free floating cryostat sections. Prefixed sections are not preferred due to loss
of enzyme activity

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Wachstein & Meissel

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47
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Staining of Enzyme : reddish brown color due to alpha naphthol with diazonium salt which produces insoluble dye at the site of
enzyme.

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Alpha-naphthyl acetate

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Staining of enzyme: uses bromo-indoxyl acetate producing bromoindoxyl and oxidized to an insoluble azo dye giving the
enzyme activity blue

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Indoxyl acetate ( Holt & Withers )

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49
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Staining of enzyme: uses unfixed cryostat sections.
uses demonstrated by oxidized tetra nitro-blue tetrazolium giving the activity
(+) bluish black color.

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Tetrazolium method

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50
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STAINING OF BONE MARROW AND BLOOD ELEMENTS: Glycol Methacrylate Section

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Rapid Toluidine-Eosin Stain

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STAINING OF BONE MARROW AND BLOOD ELEMENTS: Improves Staining Of Cytoplasmic Granules

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Wright’s-Giemsa-Jenner stain

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STAINING OF BONE MARROW AND BLOOD ELEMENTS: Myeloid Cells Except Basophils

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Peroxidase Reaction

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53
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combination of Romanowsky stain w/ other stain

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Wright’s-Giemsa-Jenner Stain

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54
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(+) green to dark blue granules
(-) Basophil, Lymphocytes, Erythroblasts

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Peroxidase reaction

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STAINING OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE: Reticulin fibers

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Gomori’s Silver Impregnation
Gordon’s and Sweets
Van Gieson

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STAINING OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE: Stains collagen

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Van Gieson

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STAINING OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE: Stains collagen fibers

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Masson’s Trichrome Stain

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Staining of connnective tissue: For Elastic Fibers

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Weigert’s Elastic Tissue Stain
Weigert’s Resorcin-fuchsin
Orcein (Taenzer-unna-orcein Method

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STAINING OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE: Rapid Method For Staining Elastic Fibers, Fibrin And Amyloid

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Kraijan’s Method

60
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STAINING OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE: Amyloid

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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

61
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simplest method of differential staining of collagen; demonstrates CT

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Van Gieson’s–

62
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natural vegetable dye from lichens, used mainly in dermatology due to its ability to demonstrate fine and delicate fibers

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Orcein

63
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stain for both CNS and general tissue structures

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Mallory’s PTAH method

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Method of choice for Amyloid

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Alkaline Congo Red

65
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uses ultraviolet or Quart iodine lamps for demonstration; used as a screening method;
does not require microscopic differentiation

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Induced Fluorescent Staining w/ Thioflavine T

66
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Nuclear DNA stain

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Feulgen’s Technique

67
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Stain for DNA and RNA

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Methyl Green-Pyronin Method
Acridine Orange Fluorescent Staining

68
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most reliable and specific histochemical staining technique

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Feulgen’s technique

69
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most commonly used fluorochrome technique for DNA (orange) and RNA (red) demonstration

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Acridine Orange Fluorescent Training

70
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STAINING OF MUSCLE AND BONE: Muscle Fiber and Collagen

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Modified Gomori’s Trichrome

71
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STAINING OF MUSCLE AND BONE: Muscle, Neuroglia, Myelin and Collagen

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Mallory’s Phosphotungstic Acid Hematoxylin (PTAH)

72
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Staining of muscle and bone: Muscle striations, Mitochondria, Myelin & Chromatin

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Heidenhain’s Iron Hematoxylin

73
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Staining of muscle and bone: Muscle and Bone

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Lissamine Fast Red – Tartrazine Method

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STAINING OF MUSCLE AND BONE: Bones: Lacunae, Canaliculi,& Bone Matrix

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Schmorl’s Picro Thionine Method

75
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STAINING OF MUSCLE AND BONE: Osteoblast and Osteoclast

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Goldner’s Method Bone Cells

76
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resistant to fading if the section is washed well in running tap water after differentiation to remove all
traces of iron alum

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Heidenhain’s Iron Hematoxylin

77
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Routine staining method of choice in bone histology

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Lissamine Fast Red-Tartrazine Method

78
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staining may be intensified by adding one to two drops of conc. ammonia before use

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Schmorl’s Picro Thionine Method

79
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STAINING OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: Neurons, Axons, and
Neurofibrils

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Bielchowsky Technique

80
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STAINING OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: Myelin sheath

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Weigert Pal Technique
Weil’s Method

81
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STAINING OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: Myelin

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Kluver & Barrera Luxol Fast stain w/ Nissl Counterstain
Luxol Fast Blue – H&E stain
Luxol Fast Blue – PAS Hematoxylin Stain
Page’s Solochrome Cyanine Technique

82
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STAINING OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: Nissl substance, Neurons

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Cresyl Fast Violet

83
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STAINING OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: Astrocytes, Nerve Cells &
Nerve Fibers Cajal’s

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Gold Sublimate

84
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STAINING OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: Astrocytic Processes

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Modified Holzer’s Method

85
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STAINING OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: Astrocytes

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Modified PTAH stain

86
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STAINING OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: Neural Tissues

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Sevier Munger Technique

87
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STAINING OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: Nerve Fibers & Nerve Endings

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Bodian’s Stain

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pioneered the current staining methods for axons and neuronal processes

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Bielchowsky

89
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are used for demonstration of Neuritic plaques and Neurofibrillary tangles for patients with
Alzheimer’s Disease

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Bodian’s Stain and Sevier-Munger

90
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should only be performed under a fume hood due to the hazardous nature of aniline

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Modified Holzer’s

91
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stain for metallic impregnation made up of HgCl2 and AuCl3

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Cajal’s Gold Sublimate

92
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Hemosiderin

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Perl’s Prussian Blue
Tumbull’s Blue Reaction

93
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STAINNG OF TISSUE PIGMENTS AND DEPOSITS Lipofuscin

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Schmorl’s Ferric Ferricyanide
Gomori’s Aldehyde Fuchsin

94
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STAINNG OF TISSUE PIGMENTS AND DEPOSITS Iron Pigments

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Gomori’s Prussian Blue

95
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STAINNG OF TISSUE PIGMENTS AND DEPOSITS Hemoglobin & Oxidase Granules

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Benzidine Nitro russide Stain

96
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STAINNG OF TISSUE PIGMENTS AND DEPOSITS Bile

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Schmorl’s Ferric Ferricyanide
Modified Fouchet’s Technique

97
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STAINNG OF TISSUE PIGMENTS AND DEPOSITS Calcium

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Alizarin Red S
Von Kossa’s Silver Nitrate Method

98
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STAINNG OF TISSUE PIGMENTS AND DEPOSITS Copper

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Rubeanic Acid
Modified Rhodamine
Lindquist’s Modified Rhodamine

99
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STAINNG OF TISSUE PIGMENTS AND DEPOSITS Thyroid Colloid and Argentaffin

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Schmorl’s Ferric Ferricyanide

100
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STAINNG OF TISSUE PIGMENTS AND DEPOSITS Melanin and argentaffin

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Masson Fontana Technique

101
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STAINNG OF TISSUE PIGMENTS AND DEPOSITS Skeletal system in Embryos & Fetuses

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Calcium Dye Lake Reaction

102
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demonstration of circulatory system thru intravital staining

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Prussian Blue

103
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Rarely used since ferrous is less common than ferric ion

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Turnbull’s blue reaction

104
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highly carcinogenic

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Benzidine Nitroprusside stain

105
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STAINING OF MICROORGANISMS: Bacteria

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Grain Twort Stain
Brown & Brenn
Rapid Giemsa
Modified Steiner & Steiner Technique

106
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STAINING OF MICROORGANISMS Helicobacter

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Toluidine Blue Stain
Cresyl Violet Acetate Method

107
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STAINING OF MICROORGANISMS H. pylori

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Gimenez Method
Toluidine Blue in Sorenson’s Buffer

108
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STAINING OF MICROORGANISMS Spirochete

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Modified Steiner and Steiner Technique
Levaditi’s
Warthin-Starry Method
Rapid Giemsa

109
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STAINING OF MICROORGANISMS Nocardia

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Brown and Brenn Method
Wade Fite Technique

110
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STAINING OF MICROORGANISMS Fungi

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Modified Steiner and Steiner Method
Grocott Methamine Silver

111
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STAINING OF MICROORGANISMS Actinomyces

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Brown and Brenn

112
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STAINING OF MICROORGANISMS AFB

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Ziehl Neelsen Method

113
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STAINING OF MICROORGANISMS Mycobacteria

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Auramine-Rhodamine Fluorescent Method
More sensitive but fades after prolonged exposure to UV Iight

114
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STAINING OF MICROORGANISMS M. Leprae

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Wade Fite Technique

115
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STAINING OF MICROORGANISMS L. Pneumophilia

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Dieterle Method

116
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STAINING OF MICROORGANISMS Donovan Bodies

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Modified Steiner and Steiner Method

117
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STAINING OF MICROORGANISMS Diptheria

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Bismark Brown

118
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STAINING OF MICROORGANISMS Viral Inclusions

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Lendrum’s Phloxine - Tartrazine Method

119
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STAINING OF MICROORGANISMS Leshmania, Malaria & Trypanosomes, Inclusion Conjuncvitis & Toxplasma

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Rapid giemsa - differentiates WBC

120
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STAINING OF MICROORGANISMS Filamentous and Non-Filamentous Bacteria

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Modified Steiner

121
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STAINING OF MICROORGANISMS Rickettsia and Viral Inclusion

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Macchiavello’s Stain

122
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Demonstration deposits of calcium salts & possible sites of phosphates activities

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Acridine red 3B

123
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Cytoplasmic stain for counterstaining of epithelial sections

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Aniline Blue

124
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For deep staining of acid fast organisms
Main constituent of Feulgen’s & Schiff’s for aldehyde detection

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Basic Fuchsin

125
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Act as a basic dye & staining acidic substances

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Mayer’s Carmalum solution

126
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Recommended for routine staining of fixed sections

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Celestine Blue

127
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Best known as indicator stain for axis cylinders in embryos

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Congo Red

128
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Nuclear stain for staining amyloid in frozen sections and platelets in blood

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Crystal violet

129
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Staining solution formed by mixture of crystal violet, methyl violet & dextrin

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Gentian violet

130
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For microscopic study of starch granules, amyloid, cellulose, starch & carotenes

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Iodine

131
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Decolorizer and contrast stain for ascaris eggs, rbcs, bacterial spore stain

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Malachite green

132
Q

Metachromatic dye formed whenever methylene blue is heated

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Methylene violet

133
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For observing cell granules and vacuoles of phagocytic cells

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Neutral red

134
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Used as substitute for carbol fuchsin in acid fast staining

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Night blue

135
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Used as contrast stain to acid fuchsin
may be used as stain, fixative, and decalcifying agen

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Picric acid

136
Q

Used with osmic acid to fix & stain blood and glandular tissues

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Rhodamine B

137
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For identification of spirochetes, reticulum & other fiber stain
-most commonly used agent for impregnation

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Silver nitrate

138
Q

Used as substitute for thionine in fresh frozen tissues
For staining of nissle granules or chromophilic bodies -acts as metachromatic and Supravital stain

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Toluidine blue

139
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Demonstration of neuroglia in frozen section

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Victoria Blue

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