Parts of a Microscope Vocab
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gefroncandy785 on September 29, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 body | separates the lens in the eye piece from the objective lens below |
| nosepiece | holds the objective lenses above the stage and rotates so that all lenses may be used |
| low-power objective lens | te medium lens on the nose piece. It magnifies an image approximatly 10 times |
| high-power objective lens | the largest lens on the nosepiece. Maginifies an image 40 times |
| scanning objective lens | smallest lens on the nose piece. magnifies an image 4 times |
| stage clip | holds a slide in place on the stage |
| diaphram | adjusts the amount of light passing though the slide and into the lens |
| light source | illuminates specimen being viewed |
| eyepiece | contains a lens that commonly magnifies an image 10 times. objects are viewed through the eyepiece |
| arm | supports the objects being viewed |
| fine adjustment | is used to focus the image of an object when ut is viewed throughout the high pover lens |
| coarse adjustment | used to focus the image of an object |
| base | supports the microscope |
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