What I Know?

It is the part that is looked through at the top of the compound microscope.

• Head

• Eyepieces

• Objective Lenses

• Arm

It holds the objective lenses & attaches them to the microscope head

• Nosepiece

• Base

• Arm

• Objective lenses

It supports the microscope head and attaches it to the base.

• Head

• Eyepiece

• Base

• Arm

Adjusts the focus of the microscope.

• Mirror

• Bottom Lens

• Coarse adjustment knob

• Illumination

A microscope that uses multiple lenses to enlarge the image of a sample

• Stereo Microscope

• Inverted Microscope

• Compound Microscope

• Polarizing Microscope

Knob used to adjust the amount of light that reaches the specimen or slide from the base illumination.

• Objective lenses

• Coarse adjustment

• Nosepiece

• Iris diaphragm

Clips on the stage that hold the slide in place on the mechanical stage.

• Arm

• Stage clips

• Clip

• Stage

Reflects light into the base of the microscope.

• Illumination

• Reflection

• Base

• Mirror

Knob used to adjust the amount of light that reaches the specimen or slide from the base illumination.

• Bottom Lens

• Light

• Illumination

• Mirror

There are usually 3-5 optical lens objectives on a compound microscope each with different magnification levels

• Eyepiece

• Slide

• Objective Lenses

• Lens