Petri dish

Is a flat dish made of plastic or glass with a cover that is primarily used to grow bacteria. However, the petri dish
can be used to view seed germination or for viewing small animal observations. Petri dish fit conveniently under a
dissection scope (stereomicroscope) and is often used as a platform for viewing any small objects. Other
applications are possible as well.
Microscope Slide
A microscope slide is a long thin piece of glass that specimens are placed on for study under a microscope. It is
easier to manipulate the slide, rather than the specimens, into the best position for viewing, as many are fragile
and microscopic. Slides normally measure three inches by one inch and can be made of clear plastic in addition to
glass. Some slides have small depressions to hold liquid for wet mounts. A wet mounted slide is one where liquid,
usually a stain, is placed over the specimen. Stains help you see the organism better by highlighting the individual
features.
Glass slides
Are used in laboratories to hold specimens underneath a microscope for observation. Glass is the chosen material
because it allows light from the microscope to easily pass through and illuminate the specimen. The glass slide
containing the specimen is placed between the two stage clips on the microscope.
Cover Slips
Cover slips are small squares of glass that cover the specimen placed on the microscope slide. They flatten the
specimen for better viewing and also decrease the rate of evaporation from the sample, both in wet and dry
mounted slides, explains the Newton website. If a stain or other liquid has been added, the cover slip keeps it on
the specimen. Cover slips also protect the specimens from contamination by airborne particles or other
substances.
Microscope Protection
A prepared slide that is made up of a microscope slide, specimen and a cover slip not only gives the viewer better
control over the specimen, but protects the microscope as well. The cover slip protects the ocular lens from
damage by acting as a barrier between it and the specimen. The slide itself also helps to keep the stage, or the part
of the microscope below the lens, clean.
The following are the parts of microscope:









Eyepiece or ocular lens: Eyepiece is the lens, present at the top and is used to see the objects under study.
Eyepiece lens contains a magnification of 10X or 15X.
Tube: Tube or the body tube, connects the eyepiece to the objective lenses.
Resolving nosepiece: It is also known as the Turret. Resolving nosepiece has holders for the different objective
lenses. It allows the rotation of the lenses while viewing.
Objective lenses: Generally, three or four objective lenses are found on a microscope, with ranges of 10X, 40X,
100X powers. Lenses are colour coded, the shortest lens is of the lowest power, and the longest lens is high power
lenses.
Diaphragm: Diaphragm helps in controlling the amount of light that is passing through the opening of the stage. It
is helpful in the adjustment of the control of light that enters.
Coarse adjustment knob: Used for focus on scanning. Usually the low power lens is used enabling the movement
of the tube.
Fine adjustment knob: Used for focus on oil. Moves the body tube for focusing the high power lens.
Arm: It supports the tube of the microscope and connects to the base of the microscope.
Stage: The platform that is flat used for placing the slides under observation.
Stage clip: Stage clips hold the slides in proper place.
Condenser: The main function of condenser lens is focusing the light on the specimen under observation. When
very high powers of 400X are used, condenser lenses are very important. Presence of condenser lens gives a
sharper image as compared to the microscope with no condenser lens.
Base: Provides basal support for the microscope.
Power switch: The main power switch that turns the illumination on or off.
Conclusion to Microscope Parts and Functions
A microscope is commonly used in a microbiological laboratory and is uses for the study of organisms. The various
parts of a microscope with their associated function are mentioned above.

Flashlight
A small portable lamp usually powered by batteries.
Tuning fork
Is an acoustic resonator in the form of a two-pronged fork with the prongs (tines) formed from a U-shaped bar of
elastic metal (usually steel). It resonates at a specific constant pitch when set vibrating by striking it against a
surface or with an object, and emits a pure musical tone after waiting a moment to allow some high overtones to
die out.
Reflex hammer
Is a medical instrument used by physicians to test deep tendon reflexes. Testing for reflexes is an important part of
the neurological physical examination in order to detect abnormalities in the central or peripheral nervous system.
Clinical thermometer
A Clinical thermometers, also known as medical thermometers or doctors' thermometers, are used to take body
temperatures in humans and animals. Traditional thermometers use thermometric liquids (i.e., alcohol, mercury)
to measure temperature in body cavities -- orally, rectally, vaginally -- or at other axillary points, such as the
underarm. Many newer thermometers use infrared radiation to record temperature at alternative points, such as
the eardrum (tympanic) or forehead.
Urinometer
is a simple piece of equipment for determining urine specific gravity.
Spirometer
is the standard equipment used to measure the capacity of the human lungs. There are several versions of this
laboratory apparatus available, but all consist of a chamber (of capacity approximately 6 dm3) suspended freely
over water and counterbalanced so that gas passed in or drawn out makes the chamber rise or fall.
Stethoscope
Its practically the symbol of physicians and physician assistants. Most of us know the basics: you put the things in
your ears, the other end on a sick person, and listen. But stethoscopes can do much more. The following are a few
facts about the tool, followed by a more complete list of its uses. If youre new to the medical field, getting
comfortable with your stethoscope will make you a better student and clinician of medicine. Is an acoustic medical
device for auscultation, or listening to the internal sounds of an animal or human body? It is often used to listen to
lung and heart sounds.
Kymogram
An instrument for recording variations in pressure, as of the blood, or in tension, as of a muscle, by means of a pen
or stylus that marks a rotating drum.