Histology Introduction Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• pathologist : a doctor who specializes in disease
• dehydration : step in processing which removes water from cells/tissues
• icetray : equipment used to rapidly cool wax blocks
• processing : steps used to prepare tissue for embedding, dehydrate, clear and infiltrate with wax
• embedding : placing processed tissue into a mold filled with molten paraffin wax to create a permanent tissue block
• accessioning : receiving specimens into the lab and confirming patient demographics and assigning a unique lab number
• microtome : piece of equipment used to cut think sections of tissue from the wax block
• grossing : specimen is examined, described, measured and part or all of the tissue is selected to be submitted for processing
• infiltration : step in processing when molten paraffin wax is forced into cells/tissue
• cassette : plastic device which holds portion of tissue and becomes part of the permanent block
• sectioning : cutting of specimen in permanent wax block into 4um thin ribbons
• staining : applying dyes to sections of tissues which have been placed on glass slides in order to visualize cells under the microscope
• clearing : step in processing which removes alcohol from cells/tissues to prepare the specimen to receive wax
• waterbath : equipment used to float out wax ribbons