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Microscope
About microscope
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Base | supports the microscope |
| High-power objective lens | is the largest lens on the nosepiece, it magnifies an image approximately 40 times |
| stage clip | holds a slide in place on the stage |
| fine adjustment | is used to focus the image of an object when it is viewed through the high-power lens |
| light source | illuminates specimen being viewed |
| diaphragm | adjusts the amount of light passing through the slide and into the lens |
| arm | supports the body above the stage |
| nosepiece | holds the objective lenses above the stage and rotates so that all lenses may be used |
| body | separates the lens in the eyepiece from the objective lenses below |
| coarse adjustment | is used to focus the image of an object when it is viewed through the scanning and low-power lenses |
| low-power Objective lens | is the medium lens on the nosepiece, magnifies an image approximately 10x |
| eyepiece | It contains a lens that commonly magnifies an image 10 times, objects are viewed through the eyepiece |
| stage | supports the object being viewed |
| scanning objective lens | is the smallest lens on the nosepiece, it magnifies an image approximately 4 times |