sw#1 Flashcards
This is used to examine highly transparent specimen such as unstained cells
PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPE
He proposed that all animals are made up of cells
THEODOR SCHWANN
This is a type of an electron microscope used to examine the surfaces or shapes of specimen such as viruses
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
It is a photograph or digital image taken through a microscope or similar device to show a magnified image of an object.
MICROGRAPH
It uses beams of electrons to enlarge specimen up to 250000 times their original size.
ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
This is used to look at the external structures of a specimen, such as an insect, also known as dissecting microscope
STEREOMICROSCOPE
This is used to study the external structures of cells through sectioned specimen.
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
This is used to examine objects, tissues, and cells that are too small to be seen with the naked eye.
MICROSCOPE
It uses light and lenses to magnify objects up to about 1500 times larger than its original size
LIGHT COMPOUND MICROSCOPE
He is commonly known as “the Father of Microbiology”
ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK
He contributed to the discovery of cells while looking at a thin slice of cork. He then thought that cells only exist in plants and fungi. In 1665, he published Micrographia
ROBERT HOOKE