Special Stains Flashcards by Carol Haak

Q

Acid phosphatase

A

Prostate

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Alcian Blue

A

mucin, sialomucins, hyaluronic acid, sulfated mucosubstances

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Alizarin red S

A

Calcium

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Best’s Carmine

A

Glycogen

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Bielschowsky’s silver

A

axons

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Congo red

A

amyloid

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Direct fast scarlet

A

?? amyloid

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Cresyl violet

A

Nissl substance

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Dunn-Thompson

A

Hemoglobin

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Feulgen

A

DNA

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Fontana-Masson

A

melanin

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Giemsa

A

mast cells

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Gordon and Sweets

A

Reticulin fibers

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Griemelius

A

argyrophilic granules

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Hall’s

A

bile/ bilverdin

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Jone’s methenamine

A

basement membrane

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Kinyoun’s

A

Lipofuscin

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modified Ziehl-Neelsen

A

lipofuscin

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Luxol fast blue

A

myelin

Q

Mallory’s PTAH

A

muscle, fibrin, glial processes

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Masson’s Trichrome

A

collagen, muscle

Q

Mayer’s mucicarmine

A

mucin, hyaluronic acid, chondroitin sulfate

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Methyl green pyronin

A

nucleic acids

Q

Morin’s

A

Aluminum

Q

New methylene blue

A

ribosomes in immature RBC

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Oil Red O

A

fat/ lipid

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Periodic acid-Schiff (PAS)

A

glycogen, mucin, mucus

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Prussian blue

A

iron

Q

Rubeanic acid

A

copper

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Schmorl’s Reaction

A

melanin, lipofuscin

Q

Sudan Black B

A

fat

Q

Toluidine Blue

A

Mast cell granules

Q

Verhoeff

A

Elastic fibers

Q

Von Kossa

A

Calcium

Q

Mucin

A

PAS, Alcian blue, Mayer’s mucicarmine

Q

Fat

A

Sudan Black, Oil red O

Q

Diastase

A

will digest glycogen???

Q

Phosphotungstic acid haematoxylin (PTAH)

A

striated muscle fibers, mitochondria, glial cells

Q

Myeloperoxidase

A

neutrophils

Q

van Gieson’s

A

muscle?