| A | B |
|---|
| Eyepiece | The part you look through |
| Stage | Flat part under the objective lenses that you place the slide on |
| Body tube | where light passes from the objective lens to the eyepiece |
| Arm | supports the entire upper portion of the microscope |
| Clips | keeps the slide from moving around on the stage |
| Base | support for the entire microscope |
| Light source | provides light so that it is easier to see the specimen you are viewing |
| Objective lenses | 2 or 3 of these are mounted on the rotating nosepiece; each magnifies at a different power |
| Rotating nosepiece | the objective lenses are mounted on this part; rotates to change the objective lenses |
| Coarse adjustment | Use this to begin to focus the microscope with |
| Fine adjustment | after finding the specimen with the coarse adjustment, this is used to make the specimen clearer |
| Slide | the piece of glass where the specimen is placed |
| Aperture | disk under the stage that controls the amount of light |
