The microscope and animal cell structure

Question 1

lens through which the
object or the specimen is viewed

Answer 1

eyepiece or ocular

Question 2

used to indicate the
object or part of an object being viewed

Answer 2

pointer

Question 3

list color bands of each objective magnification

Answer 3

scanner - red
lpo - yellow
hpo - blue
oio - white

Question 4

list magnification of each objective

Answer 4

scanner - 4x
lpo - 10x
hpo - 40x
oio - 100x

Question 5

flat surface with the round opening

Answer 5

stage

Question 6

round opening in the center of the stage

Answer 6

aperture

Question 7

lens located under the stage aperture,

Answer 7

substage condenser

Question 8

condenses the light and focus on the specimen

Answer 8

substage condenser

Question 9

beneath the condenser and functions to control the
amount of light passing through the specimen

Answer 9

iris diaphragm

Question 10

source of light which illuminates the object being
viewed

Answer 10

substage illuminator

Question 11

Its function is to focus
using the scanning and low power objectives

Answer 11

coarse adjustment knob

Question 12

used in focusing at the high-power and oil-
immersion objectives.

Answer 12

fine adjustment knob

Question 13

measure of lens quality.

Answer 13

resolving power

Question 14

size of the area that the lens views

Answer 14

field of view

Question 15

relationship of magnifying power and field of view

Answer 15

indirect: higher magnifying power = smaller area viewed

Question 16

What is a parfocal microscope

Answer 16

Specimen can stay in focus even when switching to different objective lens

Question 17

direction of movement of compound microscope

Answer 17

opposite

Question 18

compound microscope vs dissecting microscope

Answer 18

magnification
compound microscope higher, dissecting lower

dimension
compound microscope: 2d, dissecting: 3d

inversion of image
compound: inverted, dissecting: not inverted

direction of movement
compound: opposite, dissecting: same

Question 19

formula for calibration of stage micrometer

Answer 19

(stage micrometer division/ocular micrometer division) x 1000 mm or 10 micrometer

Question 20

what parts can be seen in the animal cell under the light microscope

Answer 20

cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm

Question 21

shape of smooth muscle cells

Answer 21

fusiform or spindle-shaped

Question 22

shape of ovary

Answer 22

spherical

Question 23

shape of rbc

Answer 23

oval

Question 24

shape of wbc

Answer 24

amorphous

Question 25

shape of sperm cell

Answer 25

threadlike