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Microscopes
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Base | Carrying, supports on a surface |
| Arm | supports body tube above the stage |
| Slide | Hold the specimen |
| Cover Glass | Protects specimen |
| Stage | surface for the slide |
| Spring clip | holds the slide in place on the stage. |
| Illuminator | provides light for viewing specimen |
| Scanning Lens | used fro finding objects 4x |
| Low power objective lens | magnifies image 10x |
| high power lens | magnifies image 40x |
| eyepiece | magnifies 10x |
| body tube | maintains the correct distance between the eyepiece and the objective lens. |
| Coarse adjustment knob | makes major focus changes by moving stage |
| Fine adjustment knob | minor focus changes |
| nosepiece | allows you to change from one objective lens to another |
| Iris diaphragm | regulates the amount of light that passes up to the specimen. |
| Stage hole | opening in the stage which allows light to pass from below stage to the lens. |
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