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Houses the optical parts in the upper part of the microscope
Head/Body
It supports the microscope and houses the illuminator
Base
It connects to the base and supports the microscope head.
Arm
It is what you look through at the top of the microscope.
Eyepiece or Ocular
These are the primary optical lenses on a microscope.
Objective Lenses
It holds the eyepieces in place above the objective lens.
Eyepiece Tube
It is the houses of the objectives.
Nosepiece
These are used to focus the microscope.
Coarse and Fine Focus knobs
These are used when there is no mechanical stage.
Stage Clips
It is where the specimen to be viewed is placed.
Stage
It is the hole in the stage through which the base (transmitted) light reaches the stage.
Aperture
It is the light source for a microscope, typically located in the base of the microscope.
Illuminator
It controls the amount of light reaching the specimen.
Iris Diaphragm
It is used to collect and focus the light from the illuminator on to the specimen
Condenser
It moves the condenser up or down to control the lighting focus on the specimen.
Condenser Focus Knob
It is a sample of object to be examined under the microscope
Specimen
