steps in prepping slides
fixation, dehydration, clearing, infiltration/embedding, sectioning, staining
an acidic dye is _____charged and liks with a _____ charged tissue group.
negatively, postively
a basic dye is a _____ charged and forms salt with ____ charged tissue group
positvely, negatively
Feulgren stains used for ? Name the reagent
DNA, schiff
Carbohydrates are stained using this
PAS
Fats are stained with these 2
Oil red O and Sudan black
Proteins are identified via this technique
immunocytochemistry
basic stain, turns tissue blue/purple
Hematoxylin
acidic stain, stains tissue pink
Eosin
Hematoxllin used for these srtuctures
DNA/RNA
Eosin stains these structures
proteins, side chains
Stain for connective tissue Masson’s Mallory
Trichrome
elastic fiber stain types
aldehyde fuchsin orcein, resorcin-fuchsin
stain for reticular fibers and CNS, appear black
silver impregnanation
embedding material
paraffin, methacrylate, cellodin, gelatin
fixative agents
10% buffered formalin, glutaraldehyde, alcohol, osmic acid
clearing agents
toulene, benzene, xylene
routine laboratory microscop
light (bright field)
study cytology or inside of cells
TEM
study features of cells, 3-D
SEM
study living tissue
phase or interfernce
uses laser beanm sections cell and makes 3-d image of cell
Confocal scanning microscope