0
Methylene blue is a stain(dye). Dyes are specific to the substance and bind only to that specific substance. Methylene blue is specific to animal cells and hence is used to observe animal cells.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 9y agoDifferent stains are used for different materials, based on their pH value. High pH values are better against low pH values, and methylene blue is alkaline (meaning high pH), so using it on a cell reveals the more acidic parts (like the nucleus) while leaving the more alkaline parts (like the cytoplasm) undyed.
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoIt makes it easier to see whatever your studying. I have a microscope myself, and tried to study a flies wing without using dye and a slide, and it was harder to make out. By the way, ants look really cool under a microscope.
Wiki User
∙ 15y agoMethylene blue is a stain(dye). Dyes are specific to the substance and bind only to that specific substance. Methylene blue is specific to animal cells and hence is used to observe animal cells.
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoBecause the cells are transparent, and they cannot be seen through a microscope without dye to make them visible to the human eye.
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago- The stains make the cells appear more clearly and make the nucleus pop so the cell is easier to see as well as the nucleus.
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoStains can help you differentiate cellular content. without a stain, it's hard to tell the difference between some of the structures of a cell.
Wiki User
∙ 11y agocells are more visible
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is methylene blue used in microscope studies to help in the observation of?
nuclei in animal cells
What kind of stain are used to stain plant and animal cells?
Methylene blue stain is used to stain plant and animal cells.
What is the function methylene blue solution in the preparation of cheek cells slide?
Methylene Blue, in this situation, is being used as a microscopy stain. Microscopy stains are used to allow for particular characteristics of cells to be observed in greater detail or to make them easier to see.
Is the cell surface membrane permeable to methylene blue?
Methylene blue is used to stain animal cells, such as human cheek cells, to make their nuclei more observable. Also used to staining the blood film and used in cytology. It gives a blue coloration to the human cheek cell.
Why is methylene blue commonly used for animal cells even though it stains plant and animal nuclei?
because the nuclear bytrate in the animal cell does not react with methylene blue
What does methylene blue do to the activity of the cell?
Methylene blue is used to stain animal cells, such as human cheek cells, to make their nuclei more observable.
What is methylene blue used in microscope studies to help in the observation of?
nuclei in animal cells
Can food coloring be used to substitute methylene blue in staining cheek cells?
iodine
What is used to dye animal cells?
Methylene Blue is the name of the dye Iodine is used for dyeing plant cells hope this helps :-)
What kind of stain are used to stain plant and animal cells?
Methylene blue stain is used to stain plant and animal cells.
Why safranine and not methylene blue is used to stain plant cells?
Both are used in staining but for different purposes .
What is the function methylene blue solution in the preparation of cheek cells slide?
Methylene Blue, in this situation, is being used as a microscopy stain. Microscopy stains are used to allow for particular characteristics of cells to be observed in greater detail or to make them easier to see.
Is the cell surface membrane permeable to methylene blue?
Methylene blue is used to stain animal cells, such as human cheek cells, to make their nuclei more observable. Also used to staining the blood film and used in cytology. It gives a blue coloration to the human cheek cell.
What is the stain blue used to stain animal cells?
Methylene blue is used for many different staining purposes, but one of the main ones is staining RNA or DNA. In animal cells, it will stain the cytoplasm and the nucleus (the nucleus will be much darker).
Why is methylene blue commonly used for animal cells even though it stains plant and animal nuclei?
because the nuclear bytrate in the animal cell does not react with methylene blue
Chemical sometimes used to make the specimen visible on a microscope?
Methylene blue is an example.
Why is methylene blue used as an indicator of cell respiration?
because methylene blue turns colourless when it is reduced by hydrogen. during respiration hydrogen is produced and instead of reducing NAD, it reduces methylene blue and turns methylene blue colourless. if methylene blue goes from blue to colourless then this shows that the cell is respiring as it is producing a suffiecient amount of hydrogen to decolourise methylene blue
