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| Mechanical Stage |
Clips that allow you to move the slide left to right while it's on the stage |
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| Objective lenses |
Adjustbale lens system that permists the use of a scanning lens, a lower-power lens, a high power lens, or an oil immersion lens. |
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| Rotating Nosepiece |
Rotating mechanism at the base of the head. Generally carries three or four objective lenses and permits sequential postitioning of these lenses over the light beam passing through the hole in the stage |
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| Ocular lenses |
Where observations are made from; has a magnification of 10X |
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| Arm |
Vertical portion of the microsope connecting the base and head
- Where you grab the scope |
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| Head |
Supports the objective lens system (which is mounted on a movable nosepiece) and the ocular lens or lenses |
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| Fine Adjustment Knob |
Used for precise focusing once coarse focusing has been completed! (Smaller Knob) |
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| Coarse Adjustment Knob |
Used to focus on the specimen |
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| Iris Diaphragm Lever |
Arm attached to the base of the condenser that regulates the amount of light passing through the condenser |
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| Condenser |
Small substage lens that concentrates the light on the specimen |
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| Stage |
The platform the slide rests on while being viewed. The stage has a hole in it to permit light to pass through both it and the specimen |
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| Substage Light |
Located in the base. The list passes directly upward through the microscope: light controls are located on the microscope base |
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| Base |
Supports the microscope |
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