Special Stains 1

This special stain is utilized to demonstrate blood cells in an aspirate smear.

• Hemotoxylin and Eosin

• Verheoff Van Giesson

• Wright Giemsa

• Masson Trichrome

The Masson Trichrome differentiates collagen from what tissue type?

• epithelium

• dermis

• elastin

• smooth muscle

The correct control tissue used for the Verheoff Van Gieson stain is what?

• artery

• kidney

• small intestine

• liver

Gordon and Sweets stain is used to demonstrate what component of connective tissue?

• collagen

• elastin

• reticulin

• none of these

The basal lamina is demonstrated with which special stain?

• Movat Pentachrome

• Periodic Acid Schiff

• PAS + Diastase

• PA - Methenamine Silver

Lipids are best visualized by....

• frozen sectioning

• microwave dehydration

• excess fixation in formalin

• H&E staining

This is utilized in the Mayer Mucicarmine solution to render the stain cationic.

• A low pH

• aluminum

• copper

• a high pH

This is an extracellular deposit that gradually replaces cellular components of vital organs.

• Lipid

• Glycogen

• Amyloid

• Carbohydrate

Which type of carbohydrates can be demonstrated in tissue via special stains?

• Monosaccharides and disaccharides

• all carbohydrates

• polysaccharides only

• only monosaccharides

The addition of diastase to the PAS stain does what?

• serves as a mordant

• digests glycogen

• adds an additional pigment

• demonstrates the basement membrane