Test Questions & Notes (Exam 1 )
Electron Microscopy:
• doesn't use visible light
• higher resolution
• Magnification far greater than 100x
• Enables observations of subcellular, organelles & viruses
Two types
TEM: this miscrope is use when sample is very thin
SEM: scan the specimen & reflected by a stain to reveal 3D surface
Which term refers to a lens’s ability to produce clear, nonblurry images of a
microscopic object?
Resolution
The ocular lens of a compound light microscope is the lens that
is closest to the observer’s eyes.
If you are using the low power objective lens to view an object with a compound
light microscope, what is total magnification of the specimen?
100X
, Routes disease can take
Skin
Parental
Oral
Respiratory
Electron Microscopy:
• doesn't use visible light
• higher resolution
• Magnification far greater than 100x
• Enables observations of subcellular, organelles & viruses
Two types
TEM: this miscrope is use when sample is very thin
SEM: scan the specimen & reflected by a stain to reveal 3D surface
Which term refers to a lens’s ability to produce clear, nonblurry images of a
microscopic object?
Resolution
The ocular lens of a compound light microscope is the lens that
is closest to the observer’s eyes.
If you are using the low power objective lens to view an object with a compound
light microscope, what is total magnification of the specimen?
100X
, Routes disease can take
Skin
Parental
Oral
Respiratory
