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Stains

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Primary
Secondary
Counterstaining - tissue architecture in contrasting colour

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Haematoxylin + Eosin

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Heamatoxylin - primary stain, stains nuclei blue/purple

Eosin - secondary stain, stains cytoplasm and connective tissue pink/red

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Metachromasia

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staining of tissue component, changes colour

methylene blue

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Staining Method

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  1. staining with dyes
  2. impregnation with metallic salts
  3. formation of coloured compounds by means of chemical reactions
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Impregnation with Metallic Salts

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  • silver nitrate

- gold chloride

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