<h2>Order of parts of a microscope
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First – ocular lens
Second – Body tube
Third – Revolving Nosepiece
Fourth – Objective lens
Fifth – Coverslip
Explanation:
Ocular lens: The lens present in the eyepiece at the top of the microscope, close to the eyes, through which a person looks through the microscope to view the specimen. Magnification of ocular lens in a compound microscope is usually 10x
Body tube: The tube that connects the eyepiece with the objective of the microscope for continuous optical alignment.
Revolving Nosepiece: The turret that holds the objective and revolves to select the objective lens according to its magnification
Objective lens: The objective lens is located above the specimen rack. Objective lens creates the primary image of the specimen viewed through the eyepiece. A single compound microscope can have more than two objective lens and their magnification ranges from 4x, 10x, 40x, 100x power.
Coverslip: The cover glass which covers the objective lens and prevent from touching the specimen
. This is the object directly above the specimen.
