MATOTE, JIA MAE E. DR.

ALICIA YU

DENT2N AUGUST 21,2019

THE MICROSCOPE

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 COMPOUND MICROSCOPE

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 STEREO MICROSCOPE

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 FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE

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 POINT PROJECTION MICROSCOPE

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 MICROSCOPE PARTS
Mechanical Parts:
These include base or foot, pillar, arm, inclination joint, stage, clips, diaphragm, body
tube, nose piece, coarse adjustment knob and fine adjustment knob.

1. Foot or Base:
It is the basal, horse shoe-shaped structure. It provides support to all the remaining parts of the
microscope.

2. Pillar:
A small, strong vertical projection developing from the foot or base is called pillar.

3. Arm:
It is a curved and strong structure used for handling the entire instrument.

4. Inclination Joint:
A joint at which the arm is attached to the pillar of the microscope is called inclination joint. It is
used for tilting the microscope.

5. Stage:
It is a flat rectangular plate attached to the lower end of the arm. Slide or object is placed on
the stage and studied. A hole is present in the center of the stage. Light rays pass through this
hole.

6. Clips:
Two clips are attached on the upper part of the stage. These are used for holding the slide in
position.

7. Diaphragm:
It is attached beneath the stage. It regulates the intensity or amount of light entering into the
microscope. It may be of two types viz., iris diaphragm and disc diaphragm.

8. Condenser:
It is a lens situated beneath the stage. It controls the size of the light beam. It gathers light from
the mirror (Fig. 279) and directs it to objective lens. Condenser may be lowered or raised by a
knob present on one side beneath the stage.

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9. Body Tube:
It is the tubular, hollow part attached to the upper part of the arm of microscope. It can be moved
up and down with the help of adjustment knobs.

Optical Parts:
These include eye piece lens, objective lenses and mirror.

13. Eyepiece or Ocular:

It is a lens fitted at the top of the body tube. It is always marked with a number (5X, 10X, 15X)
on its rim. This number shows its magnification power. Magnified image of the object is seen
with the eyepiece.

14. Objective Lenses:

Three objective lenses are attached to the revolving nose piece at the bottom of the body tube.
These are low power objective (10X), high power objective (45X) and oil immersion objective
(100X).

15. Mirror:
It is either attached to the lower end of the arm or to the pillar. It contains a plane mirror on
one side and a concave mirror on the other side. Mirror is used to reflect light rays into the
microscope.

REFERENCE:
http://www.biologydiscussion.com/botany/practicals-botany/parts-of-compound-microscope-
botany/54527

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