cell structure
, MICROSCOPES 04/09/20
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PAGI
optical microscopes
total
magnification
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objective lens ✗
eyepiece lens
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↳ maximum image size
magnification 1500 ✗ actual
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size magnification
↳ resolution __
the smallest distance between two A M
distinguishable points 200hm
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magnification
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limited resolution also limits the .
anything magnified over 1500 ✗ would Deoutoffocust detail wouldn't be seen
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differential staining DARKRED
↳ stain acetic orcein
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a coloured chemical which binds to structures inoroncells DNA -
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making them easier to see
cytoplasm → eosin
↳ increases contratasdifferent cellular
components within a cell lipids Sudan red
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BLUE / BLACK
will take up different stains to different degrees
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+ cell walls → iodine
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allows
todifferentiatebetweencellstypesofcells between tissues
cellulose
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also allows to differentiate between organelles within a cell . appears violet
under microscope)
electron microscopes
↳ transmission electron microscopes create black white 2D
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image
can upto 2. million times
magnify scanning electron microscopes can magnify
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resolution of around 501pm 200,000
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✗
resolution 210hm
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eyepiece graticule :
↳ have an
arbitrary scale
used to measure objects seenina microscope at 40×1
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eyepiece
graticule
graticule calibrated at each
magnification
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with a
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measure how
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stage micrometer intervals by
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togetthelengtnofone eyepiece graticule matnsy method
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use this measurement to measure objects if 45 1mm
eyepiece
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46=100 e= 10-0
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stomata density :
find by eyepiece graticule
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area covered
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convert to (number of stomata 2)
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12 7- stomata 407 stomata mm
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mm mm