Microscopy Flashcards

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The technical field of using microscopes to view samples and objects that cannot be seen with the unaided eye.

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Microscopy

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2
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Instrument that can be used to observe small objects, even cells.

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Microscope

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3
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A type of microscope that is commonly used i clinical laboratories.

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Compound light microscope

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4
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Means that id one objective is in focus and a change is made to another objective the focus will bot be lost.

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Parfocal

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5
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4 Parts of Microscope

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  1. Framework
  2. Illumination system
  3. Magnification system
  4. Focusing system
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6
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firm, horseshoe-shaped foot on which the microscope rests.

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Base

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7
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structure that supports the magnifying and adjusting systems

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Arm

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8
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horizontal plate form, on which the object being observed is placed.

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Stage

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9
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Manipulate the object being observed.

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Mechanical stage

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10
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The type of illumination system most often employed in the clinical laboratory.

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Brightfield microscope

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11
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controls the light intensity.

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Rheostat

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12
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directs and focuses the beam of light form the bulb onto the material under examination.

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Condenser

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13
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controls the amount of light passing through the material under observation.

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Aperture Iris Diaphragm

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14
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controls the area of the circle of light in the field of when the specimen and condenser have been properly focused.

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Field diaphragm

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15
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The lens that magnifies the image formed by the objective.

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Ocular (Eyepiece)

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16
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Responsible for primary image formation and play a central role in determining the quality of images.

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Objectives

17
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It is used to study the unstained structures, which can be alive. Because wet preparations of cells or organisms are observed without prior dehydration and staining.

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Phase-contrast microscope

18
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Technique give the viewer a three-dimensional image of the object under study.

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Interference - Contrast Microscpe

19
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It is often used in geology for particle analysis and in forensic medicine clinically.

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Polarizing Microscope

20
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It is used in the routine clinical laboratory to observe rochetes in exudates from leptospiral or syphilitic infection.

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Darkfield microscope

21
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It is used in the clinical laboratory particularly in the clinical microbiology laboratory and for various immunologic studies.

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Fluorescence Microscope

22
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2 types of Electron Microscope

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  1. Transmission
  2. Scanning
23
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It may used for good resolution with 50,000 s magnification.

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Electron Microscope