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Microscopes
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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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. |