Microscope Structures and Functions

What is this structure and its function?

Head: where the ocular lenses are connected to the rest of the microscope

What is this structure and its function?

Arm and base: these are the two places that a person holds the microscope

What is this structure and its function?

Ocular lens: where the person looks through, magnifies image by 10x

What is this structure and its function?

Nosepiece: rotates so that the person can use different objective lenses

What is this structure and its function?

Objective lens: magnifies image by either 4x, 10x, or 40x

What is this structure and its function?

Condenser lens: makes the light shine onto the specimen by converging (bringing together) light rays from the lamp

What is this structure and its function?

Condenser adjustment knob: raises and lowers the condenser to adjust fine detail and depth of field

What is this structure and its function?

Stage: where a person puts the slide

What is this structure and its function?

Stage clips: holds the slide in place

What is this structure and its function?

Mechanical stage: attached to stage clips and moves the slide when knobs are used

What is this structure and its function?

Mechanical stage knobs: used to move the slide

What is this structure and its function?

Coarse adjustment knob: moves the stage up and down A LOT in order to focus the image

What is this structure and its function?

Fine adjustment knob: moves the stage up and down A LITTLE in order to focus the image

What is this structure and its function?

Lamp: shines light onto slide