CONCLUSION:

Microscope parts and their functions.

A. Revolving Nosepiece: The upper part of a compound microscope that holds the objective lens. 

B. Coarse Adjustment: : A knob on the side of the microscope that moves the objective lens up and
down. It is used in conjunction with the fine focus.

C. Condenser: It is located under the stage often in conjunction with an iris diaphragm which used to
collect and focus the light from the illuminator on to the specimen.

D. Stage: It is where the specimen to be viewed is placed. A mechanical stage is used when working at
higher magnifications where delicate movements of the specimen slide are required.

E. Iris Diaphragm: It controls the amount of light reaching the specimen. It is located above the
condenser and below the stage. 

F. Mirror: Allows you to direct ambient light up through the hole in the stage and illuminate the
specimen without electricity. 

G. Ocular or Eyepiece: The lens nearest to the eye. Total magnification of a microscope is determined by
the sum of the eyepiece magnification multiplied by that of the objective lens.

H. High-power objective: Lens that magnifies 40x, with total magnification 400x if the eyepiece lens is
10x power, and it is ideal for observing very fine detail, such as nerve cells in the retina or the striations
in skeletal muscle.

Describe briefly the manner or method of properly using a microscope.

When moving your microscope, always carry it with both hands. Put your one hand on its arm and the
other one under the base for support. Next, turn the revolving nosepiece and place the microscope
slide on the stage and fasten it with the stage clips. Then, look at the objective lens and the stage from
the side and turn the coarse focus knob so that the objective lens moves downward then move it as far
as it will go without touching the slide. Now, look through the eyepiece and adjust the illuminator (or
mirror) and diaphragm for the greatest amount of light. Next, slowly turn the coarse adjustment so that
the objective lens goes up. Continue until the image comes into focus. After that, move the microscope
slide around so that the image is in the center of the field of view and readjust the mirror, illuminator or
diaphragm for the clearest image. Now, you should be able to change to the next objective lens with
only minimal use of the focusing adjustment. The proper way to use a microscope is to look through the
eyepiece with one eye and keep the other eye open. Remember, do not touch the glass part of the
lenses with your fingers. Use only special lens paper to clean the lenses. When finished, raise the tube
(or lower the stage), click the low power lens into position and remove the slide.
Give some precautionary measures in the use of microscope.

1.) Always keep the microscope clean.

2.) Always hold the microscope with both hand in an upright position while carrying it.

3.) Always clean the lenses with tissue paper or a clean silken piece of cloth .

4.) Focus the microscope in the low power and then they only change to high power objective lens.

5.) Always change to low power objective lens after using the high power objective lens.

6.) Do not move the coarse adjustment screw while using the high power lens.

7.) Always check various mechanical and optical parts of the microscope before using it.

8.) Always keep the microscope back into its box after using it.

What are the three general parts of the microscope and give examples of each.

HEAD. This is also known as the body, it carries the optical parts in the upper part of the microscope
including eyepieces and objectives.

BASE. It acts as microscopes support. It also carriers the microscopic illuminators.

ARMS. This is the part connecting the base and to the head and the eyepiece tube to the base of the
microscope. It gives support to the head of the microscope and it also used when carrying the
microscope.