Talk:Histology

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Common histology stains

Stain	Common use	Nucleus	Cytoplasm	Red blood cell (RBC)	Collagen fibers	Specifically stains
Haematoxylin	General staining when paired with eosin	Blue	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nucleic acids—blue Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (RER) —blue
Eosin	General staining when paired with haematoxylin	N/A	Pink	Orange/red	Pink	Elastic fibers—pink Reticular fibers—pink
Toluidine blue	General staining	Blue	Blue	Blue	Blue	Mast cells granules—purple
Masson's trichrome stain	Connective tissue	Black	Red/pink	Red	Blue/green	Cartilage—blue/green Muscle fibers—red
Mallory's trichrome stain	Connective tissue	Red	Pale red	Orange	Deep blue	Keratin—orange Cartilage—blue Bone matrix—deep blue Muscle fibers—red
Weigert's elastic stain	Elastic fibers	Blue/black	N/A	N/A	N/A	Elastic fibers—blue/black
Heidenhains'azan trichrome stain	Distinguishing cells from extracellular components	Red/purple	Pink	Red	Blue	Muscle fibers—red Cartilage—blue Bone matrix—blue
Silver stain	Reticular fibers, nerve fibers	N/A	N/A	N/A	Reticular fibers—brown/black Nerve fibers—brown/black
Wright's stain	Blood cells	Bluish/purple	Bluish/gray	Red/pink	N/A	Neutrophil granules—purple/pink Eosinophil granules—bright red/orange Basophil granules—deep purple/violet Platelet granules—red/purple
Orcein stain	Elastic fibres	Deep blue or crazy red	N/A	Bright red	Pink	Elastic fibres—dark brown Mast cells granules—purple Smooth muscle—light blue
Periodic acid-Schiff stain (PAS)	Basement membrane, localizing carbohydrates	Blue	N/A	N/A	Pink	Glycogen and other carbohydrates—magenta

Nissl method - neurons Golgi method - neurons

Based on: Michael H. Ross, Wojciech Pawlina, (2006). Histology: A Text and Atlas. Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Historic Histology

Internet Archive - http://archive.org/search.php?query=histology

Practical histology (1901)

Author: Langley, J. N. (John Newport), 1852-1925 Subject: Histology Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co., Limited; New York, The Macmillan Co.

http://archive.org/details/cu31924031222981

Normal histology (1904)

Author: Dunham, Edward Kellogg, 1860-1922 Subject: Histology Publisher: New York Lea brothers

http://archive.org/details/normalhistology00dunhuoft

Stoehr's histology (1906)

Author: Philipp Stoehr Publisher: P. Blakiston Year: 1906

http://archive.org/details/stoehrshistolog00stoegoog