Lab test 1 Flashcards
Magnify the specimen-rotate
Objective lenses
Eye piece
Ocular lense
Attaches objective lenses to microscope
Revolving nosepiece
Where the slide is placed
Mechanical stage
Adjust light
Iris diaphragm lever
What you hold microscope with
By arm
Larger knob
Coarse adjustment
Small adjustment
Fine adjustment
Moves stage back and forth
Mechanical stage control
The enlargement of te image by use of the various objective and the ocular
Magnification
Ability to distinguish between two adjacent points
Resolution
The diameter of the smallest objective visible
Resolving power
Sphere or round
Coccus
Rods
Bacillus
Helixes or spiral
Spirillum
Total magnification=
Objective power x 10
Growth of cells of one specific microorganism
Pure culture
A medium may be a
Liquid or soli
Solid medium will have
Agar
Must be heated to boiling to dissolve and will solidify at 40C
Agar
Infection origination in a hospital
Nosocomial Infection