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Broad bottom support of microscope; flat, lower part of the microscope that supports the rest of the instrument?

Base

Controls the amount of light passing through the condenser?

Iris Diaphragm

The upper-part of the microscope that supports the ocular lens and the various objective lenses?

Head

Used for precise focusing?

Fine Adjustment Knob

Lenses located within the eyepieces; Typically magnify an object 10 times?

Ocular Lenses

Lenses of various powers of magnification?

Objective Lenses

Serves as a handle for carrying the microscope; The vertical part of the microscope that connects the head to the base?

Arm

Objective lenses: magnifying lenses mounted on a rotating nose piece. Most have four of these: scanning (___x), low power (____x), and high power (___x)?

-Scanning= 4x


-Low= 10x


-High=40x

Connects the objective lenses to the head and allows different objective lenses to be moved into place?

Rotating Nosepiece

Flat, horizontal shelf onto which the slide is placed and typically secured with a spring clamp.

Stage

Located beneath the condenser. Regulates the amount of light that passes through the condenser?

Iris Diaphragm Lever

Located on the arm of the microscope just above the base. The larger one moves the stage up and down in large increments and is used to find the specimen and for initial focusing; the smaller one is used for fine focusing after coarse focussing has been completed?

Focus Knobs

Located in the base. Provides the light that passes through the condenser, the specimen, the lenses, and finally into your eyes.A light control knob located on the base controls the brightness of the light?

Substage Light

Small lens located under the stage that concentrates light onto the specimen?

Condenser