Parts of a Microscope

1. Parts of a Microscope Compound light microscope

2. Eyepiece Revolving Nosepiece Arm Objective Lenses Stageclips Stage Coarse Adjustment Diaphragm Illuminator (light source) Fine Adjustment Base

3. Important things to remember about using the microscope: 1. Always start with the lowest objective lens! If you want to look closer at your object, then you move up.

4. Important things to remember about using the microscope: 2. Always use the coarse adjustment knob first! Then use the fine adjustment knob.

5. Review Parts of Microscope! • The flat platform where you place your slides • Stage-I

6. Review Parts of Microscope! • The 10x lens you look through. • Eyepiece-A

7. Review Parts of Microscope! • Lenses with high and low magnification, usually 4x, 10x, and 40x. • Objective Lenses-J

8. Review Parts of Microscope! • The disk you rotate in order to adjust how much light hits your slide. • Diaphragm-H

9. Review Parts of Microscope! • The first knob you turn to bring the specimen into general focus. Moves stage up and down. • Coarse Adjustment-D

10. Review Parts of Microscope! • The second knob you turn to fine-tune focus and increase the detail of specimen. • Fine Adjustment-E

11. Review Parts of Microscope! • Supports the microscope; the location of the light source. • Base-F

12. Review Parts of Microscope! • The connecting bar you use to hold and carry the microscope. • Arm-B

13. Review Parts of Microscope! • You spin this to rotate the lenses so that you can increase magnification of the specimen. • Revolving Nosepiece-K

14. Review Parts of Microscope! • Projects light upwards through the diaphragm to allow you to see the specimen. • Illuminator-G

15. Review Parts of Microscope! • These are used to hold a slide in place on the stage. • Stage Clips-C