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one disadvantage of using iodine to stain cells is that iodine will kill living cells.

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Why you use a drop of water in preparing microscopic slide?

so the slide can slide on and off smooth.


How do you look for vacuole at onion cell through light microscope?

You should use iodine to stain the cells. Set the cells on a slide, let them dry you will repeat the process until it is completely covered in iodine and then you will slide it in the stage and then hopefully you will then see the sells of the onion skins.


What is the chermical you test for starch?

Starch has high affinity for Iodine and in presence of iodine crystals starch turns blue from being colourless. This the fundamental that is used for chemically identifying the starch.


How do you prepare a canine ear exudate cytology slide?

Using a sterile cotton swab, gently remove some of the exudate from the dog's ear. Place the exudate on a glass microscope slide and, pressing firmly, smear the exudate across the slide. Use an open flame source (hand-held flick-style cigarette lighters work well) and gently head the underside of the slide to attach the exudate to the slide. Stain the slide with standard Gram stain following the manufacturer's directions. Rinse the slide gentle with tap water and then place on the microscope for viewing.


What does the microscope rest on?

In compound microscopes for use for viewing thin sections at high power, specimens are mounted on a microscope slide and covered with a coverslip and are placed on the microscope stage or base plate. In stereomicroscopes the same is done however for large objects such as rocks or minerals no microscope slide is required the object to be observed is placed directly on the stage.

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Why you use a drop of water in preparing microscopic slide?

so the slide can slide on and off smooth.


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it is use for preparing your speech with your slide.


Why is it important to use sharp cutting blade when preparing temporary slide?

For penetration of light into the cell


How do you look for vacuole at onion cell through light microscope?

You should use iodine to stain the cells. Set the cells on a slide, let them dry you will repeat the process until it is completely covered in iodine and then you will slide it in the stage and then hopefully you will then see the sells of the onion skins.


How does a microscope use light?

Microscopes use light to illuminate the stage where you place a slide for viewing. Without this light, you would be unable to see much of anything.


What magnification should you use to begin viewing a slide?

The lowest magnifiction, some microscopes are different but ours start at 40X


Why do you use iodine solution during the preparation of slide of onion peel?

So that you can observe different characteristics of the cell clearer such as the nucleus, vacuoles or other membrane bound organelles.


How do you pick up onion epidermis?

To pick up onion epidermis, you use forceps to pick it up, and afterwards, to see the cells, you would use a clean slide, iodine and a cover slid. Hope that helped!


Can you use betadine if you are allergic to iodine?

You should not use Betadine if a patient is allergic to iodine. Betadine contains approximately 1% iodine, which could be enough to cause an allergic reaction.


What are the instructions for preparing a microscope slide?

1 Make sure your slide, cover slip and medicine dropper are all clean, dry and dust-free.2 Place your flat slide on a clean, dry surface.3 Use your medicine dropper to suck up a few drops of your liquid sample.4 Squeeze one drop of your liquid sample out onto the direct center of the flat slide.5 Gently lower your cover slip onto the flat slide. Put one edge of the cover slip down first, before lowering the rest of it. Do not press down on the cover slip once it is in place.6 Pick up the slide and cover slip combination and gently place it in the viewing tray of your microscope.


Why iodine is used for this investigation?

Why is it necessary to use iodine during this investigation


What cleaning products use iodine?

wot cleaning product is iodine used in