Parts of the Microscope

The bottom of the microscope, used for support.

• base
• handle
• arm

• top

Supports the eyepiece lens and connects it to the base.

• Diaphragm

• Arm
• Head
• Eyepiece

The flat platform where you place your slide. Stage clips hold the slide in place.

• base

• stage
• chair
• arm

The lens at the top that you look through

• diaphragm

• stage

• eyepiece lens

• objective lens

There are usually three or four in a microscope. They vary the magnification.

• Arm

• Stage Clips

• Eyepiece Lens

• Objective Lens

Provides light up through the bottom of the stage.

• Base

• Lenses

• Stage-Pit

• Mirror or Light Source

Many microscopes have a rotating disk under the stage. This has different sized holes and are used to vary the intensity and amount of light that is projected towards the slide.

• Door

• Dissolving

• Diaphragm

• Diameter

Used for coarse adjustment.

• Base

• Coarse Adjustment Knob

• Fine Adjustment Knob

• Wheel

Used for fine adjustment.

• Fine Adjustment Knob

• Coarse Adjustment Knob

• Diaphragm

• Eyepiece