clearing

Triethylphosphate ,Tetrahydrofuran

Which of the following is a dehydrant and a clearant?

True

T OR F. A clearing agent matches with the high refractive index of tissue components.

dealcoholization

clearing aka

clearing

The process whereby alcohol or a dehydrating agent is removed from the tissue and replaced by a fluid (CLEARANT)

NOT LESS THAN 10x of the tissue

volume of clearant

xylene

common clearant

TRANSPARENT/TRANSLUCENT

Many of the clearing agents have the ability to make tissues __

HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX

Clearants tend to have__

To be miscible in wax (Paraffin)

Requirement of clearant:

toluene

SUBSTITUTE for xylene

xylene

"TRUE" CLEARING AGENT - Most rapid, most common

chloroform

WIDEST LATITUDE - BEST TRADITIONAL clearing agent. - Unable to make tissues clear.

aniline oil

For EMBRYOS, DELICATE specimens and insects

benzene

SUBSTITUTE for xylene.