NAME: Mercado, Melissa C.

RATING: _____________

QUIZ ON HISTOPATHOLOGY

Instructions: Write your name on the HEADER section. Write the letter of the correct answer
AFTER (use tab to indent your answers) the number. For some items, write your answers on the
spaces provided (you may delete the line; but do not forget to underline your answers). Use
CAPITAL LETTERS for items with choices provided. Failure to follow the procedures will
correspond to sanctions.

1. Most rapid fixative good for fixing chromosomes: CARNOY’S FIXATIVE

2. Xylene turns milky due to prolonged DEHYDRATION.
3. Dehydration is done using INCREASING grades of alcohol.
4. Fixative that can act as a dye as it imparts a yellow color to the tissue being fixed; highly
explosive when dry: PICRIC ACID
5. Most common chelating agent used as a decalcifier:
ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETICACID
6. Most rapid decalcifying agent: NITRIC ACID
7. Removal of gross nicks is termed as HONING.
8. B. Direction of stropping:
A. Heel-to-Toe B. Toe-to-Heel

9. C. Mitochondrion A. Bismarck brown

10. D. Glycogen B. Victoria blue
11. A. Diphtheria organisms C. Janus green
12. F. Amyloid D. Iodine
13. E. Nissl granules E. Toluidine blue
14. B. Neuroglia F. Congo red

15. C. Gendre’s fixative A. Picric acid fixative

16. A. Bouin’s fluid B. Metallic fixative
17. B. Heidenhain’s SuSa C. Aldehyde fixative

18. D. Rotary microtome A. Queckett

19. B. Rocking microtome B. Trefall
20. C. Sliding microtome C. Adams
21. A. Freezing microtome D. Minot

22. D. Xylene A. Fixative

23. C. Nitric acid B. Dehydrating agent
24. B. Acetone C. Decalcifying agent
25. A. Glutaraldehyde D. Clearing agent