Microscope Flashcards

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Eye piece

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Basic viewing lens. Has a magnification of 10x

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Coarse Focus

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Dial that moves the stage up and down and is used to find and focus objects

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Fine Focus

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Dial fine tunes the focus of objective lens. Used to sharpen and focus on images being viewed

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Lamp

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Light source of microscope

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Diaphragm

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Dial used to adjust the amount of light passing through the stage opening

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Stage

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Part or the microscope used to support slides.

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Objective lenses

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Lenses increase viewing magnification of the microscope.

  • 4x is low power magnification
  • 10x is medium magnification
  • 40x is high magnification
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Revolving Nose Piece

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Turning this piece allows you to switch to a different lense

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