Across
- 1. Type of fixative according to action that is used for preservation of parts of the cell
- 3. In terms of osmolality, fixative must be slightly _____________
- 5. Most rapid paraffin wax infiltration method
- 7. Vascular response to tissue injury
- 9. Tissues do not become transparent when this clearing agent is used
- 13. Alcohol fixative that can preserve mucopolysaccharides
- 14. The initial and most crucial step in tissue processing
- 16. Alcohol that dissolves paraffin
- 17. Mixture of highly purified paraffin and synthetic plastic polymers
- 20. For eye specimens and has low evaporation rate
- 21. A secondary change in somatic death where there is drying and wrinkling of the anterior chamber of the eye and cornea
- 23. Consist of 2 L- shaped strips of heavy brass or metal
- 24. Currently used system as a manner of reporting PAP'S smear
- 27. Removal of clearing agent from tissues
- 28. Failure of an organ to form an opening
- 31. Other term for infiltration
- 32. Removal of intercellular & extracellular water from tissues
- 36. Type of cells seen in PAP smear with fried egg appearance\
- 37. Incomplete washing may lead to presence of ____________ in tissues
- 39. The person who does gross examination in tissue processing
- 42. Refers to the manner on how the disease have developed/ sequence of events
- 44. Presence of _______ in bubble test means decalcification is not yet complete
- 45. Obtained from citrus fruits
- 48. Routine clearing agent that becomes milky when an incompletely dehydrated tissue is immersed in it
- 50. Reagents that harden tissues and makes cell resistant to changes
- 54. Use of formalin heated at 100 degree Celsius is used for fixing tissues with ______________
- 55. Other term for autopsy
- 57. Programmed cell death
- 58. _____ should not be dissected before they are fixed
- 59. A cutting tool used to produce tissue sections
Down
- 1. Other term for celloidin infiltration
- 2. A machine used for tissue processing that cannot do decalcification
- 4. A type of fixative composed of multiple fixatives combined
- 6. A cardinal sign of inflammation that means pain
- 8. Cell death due to a disease
- 10. Process of tumor formation
- 11. Mercuric chloride is excellent for ___________ staining
- 12. Most rapid method of decalcification that makes use of electricity
- 15. Presence of _____________ in x-ray films indicate decalcification is not yet complete
- 18. In calcium oxalate test, presence of _____________ means decalcification is not yet complete
- 19. Removal of calcium from tissues
- 22. A substitute for paraffin wax that is similar to paraplast
- 25. Other term for clearing
- 26. Placing infiltrated tissue in a mold containing the embedding medium which is allowed to solidify
- 29. Also called PHF
- 30. Added to gelatin to prevent molds
- 33. Method of paraffin wax infiltration that uses autotechnicon
- 34. A water-soluble wax for enzyme histochemistry
- 35. Absence of ear canal
- 38. A type of biopsy that involves removal of whole organ/entire mass
- 40. Manual method of paraffin wax infiltration uses this tool
- 41. Type of fixative according to action that is used for preservation of chemical components of tissues like enzymes
- 43. Substitute for paraffin wax that can be used for eye specimens
- 46. Cutting off excess paraffin wax to form a 4-sided prism
- 47. Picric acid fixatives are excellent for demonstration of _____________
- 49. Study of all changes that underlie a disease
- 51. Smallest aldehyde fixative
- 52. Other term for diethylene dioxide
- 53. A fixative that is used at ice cold temperatures
- 56. Common disadvantage of alcohol fixatives is that they cause glycogen _____________