Key Terms
- condenser lens
- focuses the light from the microscope’s lamp onto the specimen
- contrast
- the ability of a microscope to distinguish an object from its background
- depth of field
- area visible through the microscope
- dry mount
- preserved tissue that has been fixed and stained on a slide
- field of view
- how thick each plane is. It tells you how much of a specimen is in focus at any given time
- magnification
- focuses the image onto the user’s eye
- objective lens
- focuses the light from the microscope’s lamp onto the specimen
- ocular lens
- focuses the image onto the user’s eye
- resolution
- the ability of a microscope to distinguish two points on the image. As resolution increases, objects that are closer together appear as separate points
- wet mount
- living tissues that are placed on a slide with an aqueous solution to keep them wet.
- working distance
- the proper distance between the specimen and the object
