| Term | Definition |
|---|
| What is the base? | The bottom part of the microscope, on which everything else rests. |
| What is the arm? | The curved metal thatconnects the stage, base, and nosepiece. |
| What is the stage? | The flat area on which a prepared specimen rests. Moved by means of adjustment knobs. |
| What are the stage clips. | The metal clips on the stage that keeps the slides in place. (One or two clips is possible) |
| What is the light source? | The built in light ot illuminate a specimen on the stage. Most compound microscopes have the light source beneath the stage. |
| What is the light diaphragm? | The variable disk that opens and closes like the iris of your eye to control the amount of light passing from the light source. |
| What is the ocular lens/ eyepiece? | The lens through which you look into the microsope. Most of our microscopes are monocularand have 10x ocular lenses. |
| What are the objective lenses? | The lenses closest to the specimen, each of which has a differnt magnification. Typically, these are 4x (low power), 10x (medium power), and 40x (high power). |
| What is the nosepiece? | The rotating disk to which objective lenses are attached. |
| What is the coarse ajdustment knob? | The large knob near the nosepiece, used to make large adjustments in focus. (Should not be used when the high power objective is in place. It will break the slide you are viewing.) |
| What is the fine adjustment knob? | The small knob near the base used to make fine adjustments in focus. |
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