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Microscope Test
STUDY
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Base | Carrying, supports on a surface |
| Arm | carrying, supports body tube above the stage |
| Stage | Surface for the slide |
| Stage clips | Hold the slide in place on stage |
| Stage knobs | moves stage |
| Illuminator | provides light for viewing specimen |
| Scanning lens | use for finding objects 4x |
| Lower power | Magnifies the image 10x |
| High power | magnifies the image 40x |
| Eyepiece | lens you look into for viewing magnifies the image 10x |
| Body tube | Maintain the correct distance between the eyepiece and objective lens |
| Controls | Knobs |
| Coarse knob | Make MAJOR focus changes by moving stage up and down |
| Fine adjustment | Minor focusing changes |
| nosepiece | allows you to change from 1 objective lens to another |
| Iris diaphragm | regulate the amount of light that passes up to the specimen |
| Iris diaphragm lever | Allows changes in the diaphragm opening and closing or increase and decrease to the specimen |
| Stage hole | opening in stage which allows light to pass from below the stage to the lens |