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Microscopes @Biology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| microscopes | devices that produce magnified images of structures that are too small to see with the unaided eye |
| compound light microscopes | these types of microscopes allow light to pass through the specimen and use two lenses to form an image |
| electron microscopes | these types of microscoeps use beams of electrons to produce images |
| transmission electron microscopes | also known as TEMs, these electron microscopes shine a beam of electrons through a thin specimen |
| scanning electron microscopes | also known as SEMs, these electron microscopes scan a narrow beam of electrons back and forth across the surface of a specimen |