STAINS Flashcards
1
Q
Hematoxylin
A
Negatively charged
Nucleus
2
Q
Eosin
A
Positively charged
Cytoplasm
3
Q
Oil Red O stain
A
Fat/ Lipid
4
Q
Sudan black B
Sudan IV
Annexin V
Osmium Tetroxide
A
Fat and Lipid
5
Q
PAS stain
A
Glycogen Fungus and amoeba Basement membrane Lymphoblast Erythroblast
6
Q
Von Kossa stain
m/c used
A
Calcium
7
Q
Alizarin stain
m/specific
A
Calcium in tissue
8
Q
Calcein
A
Calcium
9
Q
Perl’s Prussiun blue
A
Iron/ Hemosiderin
10
Q
Gomori’s metbemine silver stain
A
Best Fungal stain
stains both live and dead fungus
11
Q
Lugols Iodine
A
Amyloid stain (Gross specimen)
12
Q
Congo RED stain
A
Pink / red (in Ordinary Light )
Apple Green birefringence (in Polarised light)
13
Q
Alcian Blue
A
Mucopolysaccharide acid
14
Q
Mayer’s mucaraminestain
A
Sialomucin
15
Q
Acid Fast stain
A
Mycobacterium