CHAPTER 16

Process of making tissue components visible under the microscope using dyes or staining solutions?

Purified coloring agent or crude dye usually applied in an aqueous solution?

Process of demonstrating tissue constituents and their relationships through interaction with dyes?

Process that produces coloration of active tissue components?

Staining method that directly colors tissue sections using aqueous or alcoholic dye solutions?

Staining method that uses another agent to intensify the action of a dye?

Substance that acts as a bridge between tissue and dye to make staining possible?

Agent added to a dye to intensify the staining reaction?

Mordant used in Ehrlich's hematoxylin?

Mordant used in Weigert's hematoxylin?

Agent that accelerates staining without directly participating in the reaction?

Accentuator used in Loeffler's methylene blue?

Accentuator used in carbol thionine?

Accentuator used in carbol fuchsin?

Staining method where tissue elements are stained in a definite sequence?

Staining method where solutions are applied for a specific time until sufficient color is obtained?

Staining method that does not require decolorization to achieve the desired color?

Staining method where tissues are first overstained before excess dye is removed?

Staining method where excess stain is removed until the desired color intensity is achieved?

Staining method that initially overstains tissue and may hide cellular details?

Selective removal of excess stain from tissue during regressive staining?

Another term for differentiation in staining?

Process that removes unwanted stain to reveal cellular details?

Staining method that uses more than one chemical stain?

Staining method used to distinguish microorganisms or cellular structures using different stains?

Staining method where tissue develops a color different from the original dye?

Phenomenon where stained tissue shows a color different from the dye itself?

Staining method where tissue develops a color similar to the original dye?

Staining method that produces color shades similar to the dye itself?

Process that changes red-stained nuclei into blue-black after hematoxylin staining?

Process that converts the red color of alum hematoxylin-stained nuclei to blue-black?

Solution used to convert red hematoxylin-stained nuclei into blue-black?

Color of nuclei immediately after staining with alum hematoxylin before blueing?

Color of nuclei after blueing?

Common water-based reagent used for blueing?

Lithium-based reagent used for blueing?

Ammonia concentration used as a blueing reagent?

Solvent used to prepare 0.5% ammonia for blueing?

Artificial tap water solution used for blueing?

Process of demonstrating tissue elements using colorless metallic salt solutions?

Staining technique where metallic salts are reduced by tissues to form opaque deposits?

Usual color of the deposit formed during metallic impregnation?

Type of solutions used in metallic impregnation?

Process responsible for producing metallic deposits on tissue surfaces?

Staining method where stains are not directly taken up by the target structures?

Staining method that reveals structures by outlining or filling the surrounding areas with stain?

Staining method that makes structures visible by staining their background?

Selective staining of living cell constituents?

Staining method performed by injecting dye into an animal's body?

Type of vital staining performed inside a living animal?

Staining method used on cells immediately after removal from a living body?

Type of vital staining performed on freshly removed living cells?

Staining method that requires injection of dye into a living animal?

Staining method that does not require injection into the living body but uses freshly removed cells?

Additional stain applied in a different color to provide contrast?

Stain used to provide background contrast to the primary stain?

Common frozen-section staining method that uses hematoxylin and eosin?