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Flashcards by Bilal Khan, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Bilal Khan
almost 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What does magnified mean? | To make something appear larger than it is for example a telescope or a microscope or possibly binoculars. |
| What is a microscope? | The microscope is a device used to view very small objects by magnifying the image. |
| What is a Specimen? | A specimen is a sample of something, like a specimen of blood or body tissue that is taken for medical testing. |
| What does microscopic mean? | So small that it is visible only with a microscope. |
| What is objective lens? | The lens of the microscope closest to the stage. |
| What is a monocular microscope? | A light microscope that only has one ocular lens. |
| What does dissect mean? | To cut apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure. |
| What is an image? | What is seen using the microscope. |
| What is a stereo microscope? | A binocular microscope that creates a 3 dimensional image. |
| What is magnification? | Magnification is the process of enlarging something only in appearance, not in physical size. |
| What is field of view? | The amount of a specimen seen through a microscope. |
| What is an electron microscope? | A microscope that uses tiny particles of electrons instead of light to and are able to magnify up to a million times. |
| What is a micrometer? | One thousandth of a millimeter or one millionth of a meter. |
| How magnification is calculated. | |
| Parts of a microscope | he parts of a microscope will be described in the following flashcards... |
| Objective lens | Magnifies the image |
| Ocular lens | Magnifies the image |
| Stage | Where specimen is placed |
| Mirror or lamp | Directs light through the stage and specimen. |
| Handle | For carrying the microscope |
| Fine focus knob | Used to focus image on high power |
| Coarse focus knob | Used to focus the image on low power. |
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