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22 Cards in this Set
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Adjustment Knob, (coarse) |
Used to get the image in focus under scanning or low-power objectives. Moves the body and objective up and down for focusing |
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Arm |
Serves as a handle for carrying the microscope |
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Condenser |
Concentrates and focuses the amount of light onto the microscope slide. |
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Eyepiece (Ocular) |
Look through to make observations; magnifies the image 10X |
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Field of View |
Circular area seen through the eyepiece |
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Iris diaphragm |
Increases or decreases the light intensity |
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Nosepiece |
Part to which the objective lenses are attached |
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Objective lens system |
Scanning low-power lenses that magnify the image of an object as it projects light upward into the body tube |
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Stage |
Platform that supports a microscope slide |
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Stage Clip |
Holds a microscope slide in position |
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Chromatin |
Loosely coiled fibers containing protein and DNA within Nucleus |
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Cytoplasma |
Occupies space between plasma membran and nucleus |
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Endoplasmic reticulum |
Composed of membrane-bound canals for tubular transport throughout the cytoplasma |
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Golgi Apparatus (Complex) |
Flattened, membranous sacs that package a secretion |
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Lysosomes |
Membranous sac that contains digestive enzymes |
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Microtubule |
Part of the cytoskeleton involved in cellular movement |
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Mitochondria |
Location of ATP production for cellular energy |
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Nuclear Envelope |
Separates nuclear contents from cytoplasm |
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Nucleolus |
Dense body of RNA and protein within the nucleus |
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Nucleus |
Spherical organelle that contains chromatin and nucleolus |
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Ribosome |
Small RNA contaning particles for the synthesis of proteins |
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Vesicle |
Membranous sac formed by the pinching off of pieces of plasma membrane |
