A good fixative will:

Which of the following connective tissue components is sudanophilic?

To assure adequate and appropriate tissue processing, in which processing step should heat be applied?

A pigment caused by chromate-containing fixatives can be prevented by treating the tissue prior to processing with:

The function of Bouin fluid in trichrome stain is that of a/an:

Liver tissue is sectioned in the cryostat and the sections obtained are alternatively thick and thin. The most probable cause of this artifact is that the:

In the Gomori 1-step trichrome stain, collagen stains:

The staining mechanism in which metallic substances are selectively deposited on structures and made visible by reduction of the metal is called:

Microscopic examination of an H & E stained section reveals the presence of extraneous tumor cells. This is most likely caused by:

The major benefit of microwave processing is: