HISTOTECHNOLOGY EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH VERIFIED
QUESTIONS CORRECT ANSWERS | 2026/2027 LATEST UPDATE |
ALREADY GRADED A+
Alcian Blue demonstrates -
ANSWER
Acid mucins
ATPase Enyme Histochemistry demonstrates -
ANSWER
ATPase in muscles
Bielschowsky's Silver Technique demonatrates -
ANSWER
Dendrites, axons, neurofibrils
Brown & Brenn gram stain demonstrates -
ANSWER
bacteria
Congo red demonstrates -
ANSWER
amyloid
Cresyl Echt Violet demonstrates -
ANSWER
Nissl substance
Geimsa stain demonstrates -
ANSWER
mast cells or H. pylori
,Gomori Burtner demonstrates -
ANSWER
melanin
Gomori's Aldehyde Fuchsin
demonstrates -
ANSWER
elastic and mast cells
Gordon & Sweet's demonstrates -
ANSWER
reticulin
Grocott's Methenamine Silver demonstrates -
ANSWER
fungi (eg. Pneumocystis)
Hematoxylin & Eosin shows -
ANSWER
general stain
Immunohistotochemistry -
ANSWER
Anything an antibody can be made for
Luxol fast blue stain shows -
ANSWER
myelin
Toluidine blue stain shows -
ANSWER
,mast cells or H. pylory
Masson's Trichrome shows -
ANSWER
collagen
Oil Red O technique shows -
ANSWER
neutral fats (simple fats)
Papanicolaou technique shows -
ANSWER
cytology smears
Periodic Acid Schiff's shows -
ANSWER
neutral mucin, glycogen
Perl's Prussian Blue shows -
ANSWER
Hemosiderin
Southgate's mucicarmine -
ANSWER
epithelial acid mucins
Verhoeff's Van Gieson -
ANSWER
elastic
Van Kossa shows -
, ANSWER
calcium
Ziehl Neelsen shows -
ANSWER
Acid fast bacilli (T.B.)
Nuclei in Gomori's Aldehyde Fuchsin technique -
ANSWER
yellow - no specific stain for nuclei
Mast cells in a Gomori's Aldehyde Fuchsin technique -
ANSWER
purple - GAF not specific for elastic
Gram positive bacteria if over-differentiated after crystal violet -
ANSWER
red
Nuclei in the Brown and Brenn Gram stain if over differentiated with picric acid/acetone -
ANSWER
yellow
Fungi in the Periodic Acid Schiff (PAS) technique -
ANSWER
magenta - chitin binds with Schiffs
Fungi in the Grocott's Methenamine Silver technique -
ANSWER
black - silver impregnation
QUESTIONS CORRECT ANSWERS | 2026/2027 LATEST UPDATE |
ALREADY GRADED A+
Alcian Blue demonstrates -
ANSWER
Acid mucins
ATPase Enyme Histochemistry demonstrates -
ANSWER
ATPase in muscles
Bielschowsky's Silver Technique demonatrates -
ANSWER
Dendrites, axons, neurofibrils
Brown & Brenn gram stain demonstrates -
ANSWER
bacteria
Congo red demonstrates -
ANSWER
amyloid
Cresyl Echt Violet demonstrates -
ANSWER
Nissl substance
Geimsa stain demonstrates -
ANSWER
mast cells or H. pylori
,Gomori Burtner demonstrates -
ANSWER
melanin
Gomori's Aldehyde Fuchsin
demonstrates -
ANSWER
elastic and mast cells
Gordon & Sweet's demonstrates -
ANSWER
reticulin
Grocott's Methenamine Silver demonstrates -
ANSWER
fungi (eg. Pneumocystis)
Hematoxylin & Eosin shows -
ANSWER
general stain
Immunohistotochemistry -
ANSWER
Anything an antibody can be made for
Luxol fast blue stain shows -
ANSWER
myelin
Toluidine blue stain shows -
ANSWER
,mast cells or H. pylory
Masson's Trichrome shows -
ANSWER
collagen
Oil Red O technique shows -
ANSWER
neutral fats (simple fats)
Papanicolaou technique shows -
ANSWER
cytology smears
Periodic Acid Schiff's shows -
ANSWER
neutral mucin, glycogen
Perl's Prussian Blue shows -
ANSWER
Hemosiderin
Southgate's mucicarmine -
ANSWER
epithelial acid mucins
Verhoeff's Van Gieson -
ANSWER
elastic
Van Kossa shows -
, ANSWER
calcium
Ziehl Neelsen shows -
ANSWER
Acid fast bacilli (T.B.)
Nuclei in Gomori's Aldehyde Fuchsin technique -
ANSWER
yellow - no specific stain for nuclei
Mast cells in a Gomori's Aldehyde Fuchsin technique -
ANSWER
purple - GAF not specific for elastic
Gram positive bacteria if over-differentiated after crystal violet -
ANSWER
red
Nuclei in the Brown and Brenn Gram stain if over differentiated with picric acid/acetone -
ANSWER
yellow
Fungi in the Periodic Acid Schiff (PAS) technique -
ANSWER
magenta - chitin binds with Schiffs
Fungi in the Grocott's Methenamine Silver technique -
ANSWER
black - silver impregnation
