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| Coordinated system of lenses arranged to produce an enlarged, focusable image of a specimen |
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| Ability to distinguish two points as separate points |
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| amount of difference between the lightest and darkest parts of an image. |
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| lightbulb located at the base of the microscope. |
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| focuses light from the light source onto the specimen |
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| knurled ring or lever that can be opened and closed to regulate the amount of light reaching the specimen |
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| 3 or 4 lenses mounted on a revolving nosepiece. each objective is a series of several lenses that magnify the image |
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Lens that you look through.
Microscopes can be monocular or binocular |
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to fine focus.
is location on the side of the microscope . |
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| Meaning that the image will remain nearly focused after the 40x lens is moved into place |
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| meaning that the image will remain centered in the field of view after the 40x lens is in place. |
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used to calibrate microscopes and measure the size of the specimens.
The FOV can be measure in micrometers |
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| A small glass disk with thin lines numbered and etched in a row. It was put into an ocular on your microscope so that the lines superimpose on the image and allow you to measure the specimen. |
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| Glass slide having precisely spaced lines etched as known intervals. |
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Can be used to observe objects that are opaque or too large to see with a compound microscope.
Provides a much larger working distance
Binocular |
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