chapter 3 Flashcards
magnification
ability to enlarge object
-work on microscope because of visible light waves that interact between the curvature of the lens
-image formed by objective lens
resolving power
ability to show detail
where is the real image projected on microscope?
on ocular where it is magnified again to from the image
total mag equation
objective power x ocular power
below 400 nm
ultraviolet light
above 700 nm
infarred light
average white light nm
550 nm
resolving power equation
wavelength of light nm divided by 2 (numerical aperture of objective lens)
is a smaller resolving power better?
-yes because you see smaller things better
-it is the ability to distinguish two adjacent objects
numerical aperture
property of the objective lens
what views smaller than .2 micron/nm
electron microscope
light microscope limit
200/ .2 micron
why is 200 the limit of microscope
because it is all the human eye can handle, visible light limit
numerical apeture
set value of each lens and defines the amount of light that is able to be captured
oil immersion does?
the oil captures the larger cone of light when using 100x
-oil has refractive properties as the glass, so more light is able to be captures
what happens without oil?
light refracts out of lens
bright field
specimen is darker than surrounding field
-live or preserved samples
-white light
dark field
dark surrounding, bright specimen
-live or unstained specimens
-there is a ring of light that interacts with the sample and bends the light/ illuminates the sample (coin on regular scope)
florescence scope
-with UV radiation source and filter
-uses dyes/ florescent molecules that emit visible light when bombarded with shorter UV rays
-can use to diagnose based on what colors light up
ex: antibodies with florescent properties bind to microbe
scanning confocal
3d like image
-laser beam of light to scan specimen surface
can the electron microscope samples be alive?
no
em types
-scanning (color)
-trans (BW)
em
-beam of electrons in wavelike patterns interact with sample
-waves are 100,000 times shorter than visible light
-5,000 to 1 mil x
-no objective lens it is a magnet that directs the electrons
trans em
through specimen
-darker areas are thicker/ denser parts
-specimen is in think slices
-shoot negative electrons through sample
-BW
why are there dark areas of trans em?
because they are thicker areas that are electron dense so they reflect the electrons being shot at them because electrons are neg and they repel each other
scanning em does what
detects the electrons that bounce off the specimen so it gets an image of the outside surface
-it is a metal coated specimen
-color
wet mounts
-live cells, examine size, motility, shape and arrangement
fixed mounts
-dry and heat specimen (heat fixing)
-smear is stained using dyes to permit visualization of cells or cell parts
positive staining
the microbes are negatively charged at the surface and attract basic dye
-opposites attract
what charge does basic dye have
positive
neg stain
microbes will repel the dye and the dye will stain the background (neg dyes/ anionic)
acidic dyes cant?
enter the microbe because they are neg and the bacteria is too
-like repel like