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| Disc at bottom of body tube into which three or four objective lenses are mounted |
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| Three or four objective lenses are screwed into the nosepiece |
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| Horizontal platform upon which a slide is placed for observation |
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| What moves the slides via knobs on the microscope |
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| Largest knob on the side of the microscope |
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| Smaller knob on the side of the microscope |
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| Small lens beneath the stage that condenses or concentrates the light below the stage and directs it upwards. The condensor should be in its highest position, as close as possible to the specimen |
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| Regulates the amount of light that passes through the condensor, and it is adjusted to obtain optimal contrast and minimal glare |
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| flat, lower support of the microscope |
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| the circle that you see when you look into the microscope |
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| is equal to the ocular magnification times the objective magnification |
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| Distance between the bottom surface of the objective lens and the upper surface of the specimen slide |
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| The ability of a microscope to keep an image in focus from one magnification to another |
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| Vertical layer of a specimen that is in focus |
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| backwards and upside down |
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| Composed of phospholipids, cholesterols, proteins |
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| Cellular material surrounding the nucleus and enclosed by the plasma membrane |
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| Control Center of the cell, contains genetic material, clusters of nerve cell bodies in the CNS |
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| Double-membrane barrier of a cell nucleus |
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| Dense spherical bodies in the cell nucleus involved with ribosomal subunit synthesis |
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| Structures in the nucleus that carry hereditary factors (genes), barlike bodies of tightly coiled chromatin visible during cell division |
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| Organelles at which proteins are synthesized |
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| Cytoplasmic organelles responsible for ATP generation |
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| Minute body found near the nucleus of the cells, active in cell division. |
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| Organelles that originate from the golgi apparatus and contain strong digestive enzymes |
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| Membranous sacs in cytoplasm containing powerful oxidase enzymes that use molecules or oxygen to detoxify harmful or toxic substances such as free radicals |
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| Lipid metabolism, cholesterol synthesis, synthesis of glycerol components of lipoproteins (in liver cells), synthesis of steroid-based hormones, absorption, synthesis and transport of fats, detoxification of drugs, certain pesticides, and carcinogens. Breakdown of stored glycogen to form free glucose, calcium ion storage |
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| Membranes system close to the cell nucleus that packages protein secretions for export, packages enzymes into lysosomes for cellular uses and packaging proteins into lysosomes for cellular use and modifies protein destined to be come part of cellular membranes |
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| sugar groups are attached to proteins within the cisternae, proteins are bound in vesicles for transport to the Golgi and other sites, external face synthesizes phospholipids |
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