Microscopy Flashcards
Creator of Microscope
Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek
Microscopes either have
1 lens or 2 lens or more
1 lens
Simple microscope (like magnification lens)
2 or more
compound microscope
Ocular lens magnification
10x or 20x
Scanner lens
4x
Low Power objective (LPO)
10x-20x
High Power Objective HPO
45x or 40x
Oil Immersion Objective
100x
Compoynd microscope
uses total magnification
total magnification formula
eyepiece x objective lens
Stereomicroscope/Dissecting microscope
Light source at top and bottom
dissecting needles
can have a drawing tube
Electron Microscope
does that exactly need light source
-electrons
-organisms can die
-view it in a computer
Two types of electron microscope
SEM- Scanning Electric Microscope
TEM- Transmission Electric Microscope
SEM
Scanning electric microscope
-looks at surface