A Basophil granulocyte stains dark blue upon H&E staining.

Basophilic is a technical term used by histologists. Histology (from the Greek = 'tissue' is the study of the microscopic anatomy of cells and tissues of Plants and It describes the microscopic appearance of cells and tissues, as seen down the microscope, after a histological section has been stained with a basic dye. The cell is the structural and functional unit of all known living Organisms It is the smallest unit of an organism that is classified as living and is often called Tissue is a cellular organizational level intermediate between cells and a complete organism A microscope ( Greek: ( micron) = small + ( skopein) = to look or see is an instrument for viewing objects that are Histological section refers to thin slices of tissue applied to a Microscopic slide, usually around 5 to 10 Micrometres thick which are viewed A dye can generally be described as a Colored substance that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is being applied The most common such dye is haematoxylin. Haematoxylin, hematoxylin, Natural Black 1, or CI 75290 is extracted from the wood of the Logwood tree

Basophilic describes the appearance of structures seen in histological sections which take up basic dyes. The structures usually stained are those that contain nucleic acid such as the cell nucleus and ribosomes. A nucleic acid is a Macromolecule composed of chains of monomeric Nucleotides In Biochemistry these Molecules carry Genetic information In Cell biology, the nucleus (pl nuclei; from Latin la ''nucleus'' or la ''nuculeus'' "little nut" or kernel is a membrane-enclosed Ribosomes ( from ribo nucleic acid and "Greek soma ( meaning body") are complexes of RNA and Protein that

Basophils are cells that "love" base, and which usually show up deep blue under standard staining techniques (H&E). In Chemistry, a base is most commonly thought of as an aqueous substance that can accept Protons This refers to the Brønsted-Lowry theory of acids and Specifically, this term refers to:

• basophil granulocytes
• anterior pituitary basophils

See also

• Acidophile (histology)