Microtome cuts - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Cytology - the study of cells Robert Hooke - - observed cork could float - discovered a honeycomb-like structure in a cork slice using a primitive compound microscope - only saw cell walls as this was dead tissue - coined the term "cell" for these individual compartments he saw Two types of microscopes: - 1. Light Microscope 2. Electron Microscope Light Microscope - - light is focused on specimen by a glass condenser lens - the image is magnified by an objective lens and an ocular lens...

Cytology - the study of cells Robert Hooke - - observed cork could float - discovered a honeycomb-like structure in a cork slice using a primitive compound microscope - only saw cell walls as this was dead tissue - coined the term "cell" for these individual compartments he saw Two types of microscopes: - 1. Light Microscope 2. Electron Microscope Light Microscope - - light is focused on specimen by a glass condenser lens - the image is magnified by an objective lens and an ocular len...

Resolution - ANSWER-Ability of a microscope to distinguish two objects as separate What do you call a measurement of 10^-6 m? - ANSWER-Micrometer, or micron Light Microscope - ANSWER-microscope that uses a beam of light passing through one or more lenses to magnify an object What resolving power does a light microscope have? - ANSWER-0.25 micrometers Types of Light microscopes (4) - ANSWER-- Simple (Dissecting) - Compound (What we use in lab to view slides regularly) - Dark Field (...