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Parts of a Microscope
COMPOUND LIGHT
MICROSCOPE
Eyepiece
Arm
Stageclips
Coarse Adjustment
Fine Adjustment
Base
Illuminator (light source)
DiaphragmStage
Objective Lenses
Revolving Nosepiece
Important things to remember about using the microscope:
1. Always start with the lowest objective lens! If you want to look closer at your object, then you move up.
Important things to remember about using the microscope:
2. Always use the coarse adjustment knob first! Then use the fine adjustment knob.
• The flat platform where you place your slides
• Stage-I
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• The 10x lens you look through.
• Eyepiece-A
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• Lenses with high and low magnification, usually 4x, 10x, and 40x.
• Objective Lenses-J
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• The disk you rotate in order to adjust how much light hits your slide.
• Diaphragm-H
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• The first knob you turn to bring the specimen into general focus. Moves stage up and down.
• Coarse Adjustment-D
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• The second knob you turn to fine-tune focus and increase the detail of specimen.
• Fine Adjustment-E
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• Supports the microscope; the location of the light source.
• Base-F
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• The connecting bar you use to hold and carry the microscope.
• Arm-B
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• You spin this to rotate the lenses so that you can increase magnification of the specimen.
• Revolving Nosepiece-K
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• Projects light upwards through the diaphragm to allow you to see the specimen.
• Illuminator-G
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• These are used to hold a slide in place on the stage.
• Stage Clips-C
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