Parts of a Microscope
What do you look in to see the specimen?
Eyepiece
Holds the objective lenses.
Nosepiece
A cylindrical metallic tube that holds the eyepiece lens at one end and connects to the nose piece at the other is called?
What is the Eyetube?
Water, iodine, tape, or blue methylene can be used for this.
What is mounting a speciman?
What part of the microscope is the slide placed on?
Stage
What two Parts do you carry the microscope with?
Arm & base
A movable circular structure that houses all objective lenses is called?
What is the Rotating nose?
How many hands should be used to carry a microscope?
TWO!
What are the 3 structural parts of the microscope?
Head, arm, and base
Allows light to enter the diaphragm, specimen, and lenses.
Microscopic illuminator
The lowermost part of the microscope that supports the entire microscope structure Is called?
Base
It’s an instrument that is used in science laboratories to make studying and viewing minute objects easier.
What is a Microscope?
Moves the stage up and down to focus the image.
What is coarse focusing?
Used to "finetune" the focus.
What is Fine adjustment?
The specimen is placed here before being placed on the stage..
What is a microscope slide?
What do you call the organism on the slide that is being examined?
The specimen
What holds the microscope slide in place?
Stage Clips
The part of the microscope rotates so a different person can look through the eyepiece without needing to move the microscope.
We did not discuss this part, but think about body parts.
What is the the head?
What is the light source?
Microscopic illuminator
40x, 100x, 400x
What is the total magnification at scanning, low, and high power?