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43 Cards in this Set
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Embedding & Mounting |
Xylene Toluene |
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Rapid evaporation rate & rapid displacement ratio |
Xylene |
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Miscible in paraffin |
Toluene Oil of Bergamot Xylene |
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Makes tissue TRANSPARENT |
Xylene Cedarwood Oil Benzene |
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Clears CELLOIDIN |
Cedarwood Oil Terpineol Oil of Bergamot Xylene |
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Miscible in ALCOHOL |
Toluene Cedarwood Oil (96%) Chloroform (abs. alc.) Benzene (abs. alc.) Aniline Oil (70%) |
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Flammable |
Hydrocarbons Esters Xylene Benzene Carbon Tetrachloride Gasoline (Lead-Free) |
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Toxic and/or carcinogenic |
Xylene (T) Toluene (T not C) Chloroform (C&T) Benzene (C&T) Carbon Tetrachloride (T) |
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Not carcinogenic |
Toluene Cedarwood Oil |
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EMBEDDING only |
Dioxane Cedarwood Oil Chloroform Benzene Oil of Bergamot Oil of Origanum Carbon Tetrachloride Amyl Acetate Gasoline |
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MOUNTING only |
Terpineol Carbol-Xylene |
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Not a routine clearing agent |
Aniline Oil Clove Oil Cedarwood |
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Less/No shrinkage & hardening |
Toluene Cedarwood Oil Chloroform Benzene Aniline Oil Clove Oil (no Shrinkage but becomes Brittle) |
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Overhardens and become Brittle |
Xylene |
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Does not make tissue transparent |
Chloroform |
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Substitute for Xylene |
Isopropanol N-butyl acetate Lemonene |
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Turbid & Milky if incompletely dehydrated |
Xylene |
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Hard to remove in paraffin bath |
Cedarwood Chloroform |
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No harmful effects, distortion/damages to T (can be left for indefinite time) |
Cedarwood |
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Milky if prolonged storage |
Cedarwood |
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Improves cutting sections |
Cedarwood |
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Tends to acidify in partially filled vessel |
Toluene |
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For CNS |
Toluene Cedarwood Chloroform |
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Viscous |
Cedarwood Carbol-Xylene |
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LN |
Toluene Chloroform |
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Embryos |
Chloroform Aniline Oil Amyl Acetate |
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Nitrocellulose solvent |
Methyl Salicylate Amyl Acetate |
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Does not dissolve out ANILINE dyes |
Xylene Cedarwood Oil of Bergamot |
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Slow-acting clearing agent |
Methyl (Salicylate & Benzoate) |
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Spanish Hot/ Thyme Oil |
Oil of Origanum |
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High test aviation |
Lead-free gasoline |
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Damaged BM = aplastic anemia |
Benzene |
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Both dehydrates & clears |
Dioxane Tetrahydrofuran |
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Very penetrating but extremely slow |
Cedarwood |
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Vapor may attack rubber seal in vacuum impregnation bath |
Chloroform |
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Complete clearing difficult to evaluate |
Chloroform |
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Tissue tends to float |
Chloroform |
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Evaporates quickly from water bath |
Chloroform |
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No need for 80 or 95% alcohol |
Aniline |
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For embryos, insects, very delicate sp |
Aniline |
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Same prop as chloroform and xylene |
Carbon Tetrachloride |
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For cytological studies (skin, smooth muscles) |
Cedarwood |
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Quality is not always uniform and good (not constant) |
Cedarwood |
