Microscopy

The Light Microscope

  1. Optical microscope nikon alphaphotOcular lens or eyepiece
  2. Nose Piece/ Lens Carousel
  3. Objective lens
  4. Course Focus Knob
  5. Fine Focus Knob
  6. Stage
  7. lamp
  8. condenser
  9. stage control

 

 

 

 

Using the Light Microscope

Microscopic World

daphnia5m
Daphnia magna, the freshwater flea is a small crustacean
daphnia5m2
High magnification of Daphnia

Paramecium
Paramecium, a single-cell protist.
Structure of Euglena - numbers
Euglena Diagram: 1 – Flagellum; 2 – Eye spot / Pigment spot / Stigma; 3 – Photoreceptor; 4 – Short second flagellum; 5 – Reservoir; 6 – Basal body; 7 – Contractile vacuole; 8 – Paramylon granule; 9 – Chloroplasts; 10 – Nucleus; 11 – Nucleolus; 12 – Pellicle

Two Euglena
Two Euglena
Amoeba proteus
Amoeba proteus

Scale