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| Used to carry the microscope; located between the body tube and the base |
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| Supports the microscope; used to carry the microscope |
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| Supports the objective lens system and the ocular lens; directs light toward the ocular lens |
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| Coarse focus (adjustment) |
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| Brings the specimen into focus by raising or lowering the stage; never use the coarse focus on high power! |
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| Substage lens that concentrates light on the specimen; the condenser control knob will raise and lower the condenser to vary the light; the best position for the condenser is just below the opening in the stage |
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| Used for final focusing (fine-tuning the image) |
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| Regulates the amount of light that passes through the stage; located at the base of the condenser |
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Magnify the specimen for viewing; scanning lens (red ring)
magnifies 4X, low power lens (yellow ring) magnifies 10X, high power lens (blue ring) magnifies 40X, oil immersion lens (white ring) magnifies 100X |
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The lens (or lenses) you look through; magnifies the specimen 10X; monocular microscopes have one ocular
lens, binocular microscopes have two ocular lens |
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| Contains the objective lenses; use nosepiece to rotate the correct objective lens into place over the opening in the stage |
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| Flat platform where the slide is placed for viewing |
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| Hold the slide in place; two knobs below the stage control the precise movement of the specimen on a mechanical stage |
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| Light source; a light dimmer dial on the base varies the intensity of the light source |
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