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  2. Phosphotungstic acid-haematoxylin stain - Wikipedia

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    It is used to show gliosis in the central nervous system, tumours of skeletal muscles, and fibrin deposits in lesions. Muscle is stained blue-black to dark brown, connective tissue is pale orange-pink to brownish red, fibrin and neuroglia stain deep blue, coarse elastic fibers show as purple, and bone and cartilage obtain yellowish to brownish ...

  3. Gömöri trichrome stain - Wikipedia

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    Dilated peri-tubular capillaries filled with sickled RBCs, original Gomori's trichrome stain, × 400. [1] The "ragged red fibers" in MELAS syndrome are visible under modified Gomori stain. Gömöri trichrome stain is a histological stain used on muscle tissue. [2] [3] It can be used to test for certain forms of mitochondrial myopathy.

  4. Masson's trichrome stain - Wikipedia

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    Mouse skin stained with Masson's trichrome stain. Masson's trichrome is a three-colour staining procedure used in histology . The recipes emerged from Claude L. Pierre Masson 's (1880–1959) original formulation have different specific applications, but all are suited for distinguishing cells from surrounding connective tissue .

  5. Adipocyte - Wikipedia

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    Lipoblast features on histology, H&E stain. Pre-adipocytes are undifferentiated fibroblasts that can be stimulated to form adipocytes. Studies have shed light into potential molecular mechanisms in the fate determination of pre-adipocytes although the exact lineage of adipocyte is still unclear.

  6. List of anatomy mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of human anatomy mnemonics, categorized and alphabetized.For mnemonics in other medical specialties, see this list of medical mnemonics.Mnemonics serve as a systematic method for remembrance of functionally or systemically related items within regions of larger fields of study, such as those found in the study of specific areas of human anatomy, such as the bones in the hand ...

  7. Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva - Wikipedia

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    Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (/ ˌ f aɪ b r oʊ d ɪ ˈ s p l eɪ ʒ (i) ə ɒ ˈ s ɪ f ɪ k æ n z p r ə ˈ ɡ r ɛ s ɪ v ə /; [1] abbr. FOP), also called Münchmeyer disease or formerly myositis ossificans progressiva, is an extremely rare connective tissue disease in which fibrous connective tissue such as muscle, tendons, and ligaments turn into bone tissue (ossification).

  8. Nutritional muscular dystrophy - Wikipedia

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    The oxidative damage causes degeneration of muscles, in particular those within the skeletal and cardiac systems. [4] If the cardiac muscles are impaired the animal may exhibit signs of respiratory distress. [1] While deterioration of skeletal muscles results in stiffness, weakness, and recumbency. [5]

  9. Myofascial release - Wikipedia

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    Myofascial release (MFR, self-myofascial release) is an alternative medicine therapy claimed to be useful for treating skeletal muscle immobility and pain by relaxing contracted muscles, improving blood and lymphatic circulation and stimulating the stretch reflex in muscles. [1]