18. Some cells reach confluency – a single layer of cells, stopped growing due to social signals of the cells that there will not be enough resources if the cells keep dividing
23. Magnification – lets you see how large you can view an object while keeping the components as distinct objects. How big can the object be while maintaining objects as distinct?
26. a factor that measures how close two points can be in a sample and still be distinct.
27. R=194 nm. This means that two objects that are 200nm apart can be seen as distinct objects. If they are closer than this, they will not be seen as distinct structures.
37. Insertion of nomarski optic - A prism that splits light into two separate waves through specimen. Changes wavelength of light and the interference leads to increased contrast, largest difference is the edges of cells and organelles.
42. Takes advantage of physics of light and the characteristics of it as a waveform. When two waves are in phase, they are at the same frequ and combine to create a better resolution. If out of phase, reduced intensity of light. When in phase, the unstained cell will disrupt one of the light waves creating a slowed speed for the wave form.