Introduction to Microscopy flashcards

Microscope stuff

Ocular lens

Objective lenses

Stage and stage clips

coarse and Fine adjustment knob

arm and base

Calculate total magnification

Light source

resolution

In microscopy, resolution is a numeric quantification of how clearly an objective lens can image a specimen.

magnification

Magnification is the ability of a microscope to produce an image of an object at a scale larger (or even smaller) than its actual size.