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Microscope

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moves the stage up and down to bring the specimen into focus coarse adjustment knob
supports the body tube arm
also known as the eyepiece; magnifies the image; are always 10x ocular lens
controls the size of the illuminated field field diaphragm control
focuses the light on the specimen substage condenser lens
to adjust the vertical height of the condenser condenser focusing knob
controls the amount of light entering the lens system condenser diaphragm control
gathers light from the specimen, magnifies the image of the specimen, and projects the magnified image into the body tube objective lens
holds objective lens and rotates easily to change power revolving nosepiece
horizontal surface upon which the slide is placed stage
a hollow tube through which light travels from the objective to the ocular lens body tube
projects light upwards through the diaphragm, slide, and lenses; a lamp you turn on and off using a switch light source
brings the specimen into sharp focus under low power and is only used with 40x and 100x objective lenses fine adjustment knob
characteristic of the microscope that allows you to go from one objective to the other with minimal focus parfocal
magnification of the objective lens X magnification of ocular lens total magnification
clarity of an image resolution
the light bending ability of a medium refraction
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