click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Laboratory Equipment
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Lpf | Low power field |
| Hpf | High power field |
| Centrifuge | |
| Centrifugal force | The force exerted causing heavier materials to move to the outer or bottom portion of a container |
| Compound microscope | Microscope having more than one lens |
| Iris diaphragm | Controls the amount of light that shines on a slide |
| Objective lens | Lens’ of varying power used for magnifying |
| Ocular lens | Eyepiece |
| Supernatant | Liquid portion left on top after centrifugation |
| Volumetric | Referring to glassware used for measuring |
| Thermal | Having properties related to heat or corrosion |
| Buffy coat | |
| Middle layer of leukocytes and platelets in sample after having been centrifuged | |
| Serum | Liquid portion of blood lacking clotting factors |
| Liquid portion of whole blood | |
| Plasma | |
| Formed elements | Collection of the cell after centrifugation |
| Clibration | Determining the accuracy of an instrum by comparing known standards with its output |
| Placing something under liquid or water | |
| Process used to enlarge an object for viewing | |
| To arrange in order or into a straight line | |
| To arrange I order or into a straight line | |
| The curved upper surface of liquid in a container | |
| The curved upper surface of liquid in a container | |
| Calibration | |
| Immersion | |
| Magnification | |
| Alignment | |
| Focus | Bring an object into clear view |
| Meniscus | |
| Pipette | Glassware used for measuring and transferring |
| Disintegration of something by a destructive agent | |
| Condition of being able to withstand or there being no response | |
| Equipment used for separating plasma or serum from the formed elements of a sample | |
| Resistant |