| A | B |
| eyepiece | part you look into |
| body tube | holds eyepiece in place |
| nosepiece | holds different objectives in place |
| low power objective | 4 or 10x 100 total magnification |
| high power objective | 40 x 400 total magnification |
| diaphragm | regulates the amount of light |
| stage | platform with a round opening over which a specimen is placed |
| mirror | light source |
| fine adjustment knob | used for final focusing a clear picture |
| arm | used to carry a microscope |
| coarse adjustment knob | rough focus used first |
| base | structure on which the microscope stands |
| clips | holds specimen in place found on stage |
| inclination joint | scope can bend here |
| simple microscope | single pair of lenses |
| compound microscope | double pair of lenses |
| Electron microscope | Million times magnification |
| Phase contrast Microscope | Uses a dark background so that you observe unstained living cells |
| Microdissection | Used when removing the nucleus from cells |
| Ultracentrifuge | Spins cells at very high speeds |
| Staining | Makes cell parts stand out for easier observation |
| Cell shape | Related to its function |
| Cell size | microns |
| organelles | Parts of cells |
| Methylene blue & Lugol's iodine | examples of stains |
| round shape | shape of most animal cells |
| rectangular shaped | shape of most plant cells |
| concave disc shaped | shape of red blood cells |
| elongated cells | nerve cells |
| Janssen | First simple microscope |
| Leeuwenhoek | 270x magnivying simple microscope |
| Hooke | Named cell in 1665 |
| Brown | Named the nucleus |
| Schleiden | All plants are made up of cells |
| Schwann | All animals are made up of cells |
| Virchow | All cells come from already existing cells |
| Purkinje | named protoplasm |
| Linnaeus | Taxonomy |
| Mendel | Father of Genetics |