Exam 5: Staining

All of the following substances make up the Romanowsky stains, except:

What stain is routinely used for nuclear staining in Exfoliative Cytology and for staining sex chromosomes?

This type of dye is derived from the extracts of female bugs called as Coccus cacti, which is treated with alum to produce the dye, Carmine?

In Counterstaining, all will color the cytoplasm red, except:

This is the process of staining whereby it is done by injecting the dye into any part of the animal's body.

What type of stain is used extensively for neuropathological studies?

It is an acid dye that stains basic protamines and histones?

What technique is commonly used for the demonstration of neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles?

What do you call this method of staining that uses another agent or Mordant to make the staining reaction possible?

This is a rapid staining method for elastic fibers, fibrin and amyloid. What is this staining method?

In re-staining of Old sections, the section is placed in xylene for how many minutes?

This is the oldest stain and was originally used for microscopic study of starch granules?

When using Alum Hematoxylin for the progressive staining of tissues, what is the usual counterstain to be used?

The use of this substance enables the property of the dye to retain its color in the tissue? What is this substance?

What substance is added to Scharlach R to prevent the deterioration of the staining solution?

It is a standard iron hematoxylin used to demonstrate muscle fibers and connective tissue?

Most of these fixatives can be used in Routine H & E staining in Paraffin Embedded Sections, except:

What is the only substance that can fix, differentiate or stain tissues all by itself?

What is the reason why Ripened Hematoxylin is seldom used alone?

What is the active coloring agent of hematoxylin?