front 1 magnification | back 1 increase in the apparent size of an object. |
front 2 resolution | back 2
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front 3 arm | back 3
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front 4 base | back 4 supports microscope |
front 5 ocular lens | back 5
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front 6 body tube | back 6 connects nosepiece to eyepiece |
front 7 revolving nosepiece | back 7 holds objectives |
front 8 scanning power objective lens | back 8 sits over the specimen, magnifies image 4x |
front 9 low power objective lens | back 9 sits over the specimen, magnifies image 10x |
front 10 high power objective lens | back 10 sits over the specimen, magnifies image 40-100x |
front 11 coarse adjustment knob | back 11
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front 12 fine adjustment knob | back 12
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front 13 diaphragm | back 13 adjusts the amount of light passing through specimen |
front 14 stage | back 14
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front 15 stage clips | back 15 holds the slide in place |
front 16 light source | back 16 bulb or mirror |
front 17 compound light microscope | back 17 Uses a light source to pass through the specimen and an ocular and objective lens to magnify the image can look at living organisms magnifies up to 1000x |
front 18 stereoscope | back 18 also called a dissecting microscope can look at living organisms uses combo of light and lens better for 3D surface structures magnifies 10's to 100'sx |
front 19 Transmission Electron Microscope TEM | back 19 transmits beam of electrons through the frozen, thinly sliced specimen (special preparation) Good to look at the insides of cells, cell parts, etc. magnifies up to 100,000x |
front 20 Scanning Electron Microscope SEM | back 20
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front 21 total magnification | back 21 the magnification of the ocular lens (10x) x the objective lens |