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14 Cards in this Set
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Broad bottom support of microscope; flat, lower part of the microscope that supports the rest of the instrument? |
Base |
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Controls the amount of light passing through the condenser? |
Iris Diaphragm |
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The upper-part of the microscope that supports the ocular lens and the various objective lenses? |
Head |
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Used for precise focusing? |
Fine Adjustment Knob |
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Lenses located within the eyepieces; Typically magnify an object 10 times? |
Ocular Lenses |
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Lenses of various powers of magnification? |
Objective Lenses |
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Serves as a handle for carrying the microscope; The vertical part of the microscope that connects the head to the base? |
Arm |
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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 |
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Connects the objective lenses to the head and allows different objective lenses to be moved into place? |
Rotating Nosepiece |
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Flat, horizontal shelf onto which the slide is placed and typically secured with a spring clamp. |
Stage |
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Located beneath the condenser. Regulates the amount of light that passes through the condenser? |
Iris Diaphragm Lever |
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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 |
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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 |
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Small lens located under the stage that concentrates light onto the specimen? |
Condenser |