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Compound Microscope Parts and Definition

The document defines the key parts of a compound microscope, including the eyepiece, head, arm, diopter adjustment, nose piece, objective lenses, stage clip, mechanical stage, condenser, illumination, light switch, base, brightness adjustment, course and fine adjustment controls, stage controls, and aperture. The eyepiece is what the user looks through and has a magnification of typically 10x, while the objective lenses range from 4x to 100x and collect light from the illuminator to focus on the specimen. The base houses the illuminator and supports the microscope.

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Compound Microscope Parts and Definition

The document defines the key parts of a compound microscope, including the eyepiece, head, arm, diopter adjustment, nose piece, objective lenses, stage clip, mechanical stage, condenser, illumination, light switch, base, brightness adjustment, course and fine adjustment controls, stage controls, and aperture. The eyepiece is what the user looks through and has a magnification of typically 10x, while the objective lenses range from 4x to 100x and collect light from the illuminator to focus on the specimen. The base houses the illuminator and supports the microscope.

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Compound microscope parts and definition

 Eyepiece (Ocular Lens)- is what you look through at the top of the microscope.
Typically, standard eyepieces have a magnifying power of 10x. Optional
eyepieces of varying powers are available, typically from 5x-30x. 

 Head-houses the optical parts in the upper part of the microscope.

 Arm (Frame)- connects to the base and supports the microscope head. It is also
used to carry the microscope.

 Diopter Adjustment-allows you to customize the viewfinder so that you can


see a clear, focused image inside the viewfinder without using eyeglasses or
contact lenses to correct your vision.

 Nose Piece-houses the objectives. The objectives are exposed and are
mounted on a rotating turret so that different objectives can be conveniently
selected. Standard objectives include 4x, 10x, 40x and 100x although different
power objectives are available.

 Objective Lenses-are the primary optical lenses on a microscope. They range


from 4x-100x and typically, include, three, four or five on lens on most
microscopes. Objectives can be forward or rear-facing.

 Stage Clip-are used when there is no mechanical stage. The viewer is required
to move the slide manually to view different sections of the specimen.

 Mechanical Stage- a mechanism mounted on the stage that holds and moves
the microscope slide.

 Condenser-s used to collect and focus the light from the illuminator on to the
specimen. It is located under the stage often in conjunction with an iris
diaphragm.

 Illumination- The light source for a microscope.


 Light Switch- This switch on the base of the microscope turns the illuminator
off and on.

 Base-supports the microscope and houses the illuminator

 Brightness Adjustment- to adjust the tone curve by changing the middle point
value of the brightness of the entire image

 Course and Fine Adjustment Controls -Adjusts the focus of the microscope.
These knobs increase or decrease the level of detail seen when looking at the
slide or specimen through the eyepiece of the compound microscope.

 Stage Controls- allows the movement of the stage back and forth in order to
allow examination of a microscope slide.

 Aperture- the hole in the stage through which the base (transmitted) light
reaches the stage.

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