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  • It is a thin flat piece of glass used to hold objects for examination under a microscope.
    Slide
  • It is the hole in the stage through which the base (transmitted) light reaches the stage.
    Aperture
  • These are used when there is no mechanical stage.
    Stage Clips
  • Houses the optical parts in the upper part of the microscope
    Head/Body
  • 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 where the specimen to be viewed is placed.
    Stage
  • These protocol is suitable for specimens such as samples of pollen, hair, feathers or plant materials.
    Dry mount
  • These are used to focus the microscope.
    Coarse and Fine Focus knobs
  • It is the light source for a microscope, typically located in the base of the microscope.
    Illuminator
  • It is a sample of object to be examined under the microscope
    Specimen
  • A drop of water is used to suspend the specimen between the slide and cover slip.
    Wet Mount
  • It connects to the base and supports the microscope head.
    Arm
  • A small thin piece of glass used to cover a specimen on a microscope slide.
    Cover Slip
  • These are the primary optical lenses on a microscope.
    Objective Lenses
  • It holds the eyepieces in place above the objective lens.
    Eyepiece Tube
  • It supports the microscope and houses the illuminator
    Base
  • It is an extremely thin cross-section of a specimen is used.
    Section Mount
  • The specimen is placed directly on the slide without droplets of fluids.
    Dry Mount
  • These protocol is suitable for specimens such as samples blood and sperm cell
    Wet mount
  • It controls the amount of light reaching the specimen.
    Iris Diaphragm
  • It is the houses of the objectives.
    Nosepiece
  • It is made by carefully smearing a thin layer of the specimen across a slide and then applying a cover slip.
    Smear
  • It is what you look through at the top of the microscope.
    Eyepiece or Ocular
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