The AmScope PS200A microscope slide set includes 200 prepared slides with a variety of specimens including plants, insects, and animal tissues, and is used in basic biology education. The samples are preserved in cedar wood oil and sealed with a coverslip to preserve specimens and prevent contamination. Labeling on each slide identifies specimens. Slides are composed of optical glass for clear viewing and are 3 x 1 x 0.4 inches/75 x 25 x 1mm (H x W x D, where H is height, the vertical distance from the lowest to highest point; W is width, the horizontal distance from left to right; D is depth, the horizontal distance from front to back.) The set comes in two fitted wooden cases to prevent breakage and ease handling.

Set A slide specimens include ant (whole mount), ascaris (cross section), ascaris egg (whole mount), Aspergillus (whole mount), bacillus (smear), bamboo (whole mount), bee wings (whole mount), bee worker leg-composite (whole mount), blood fluke-eggs (whole mount), bone marrow mammal (smear), broad bean radical tip (longitudinal section), butterfly leg (whole mount), butterfly wings ocales (whole mount), cerebrum mammal (section), chlamydomonas (whole mount), chlorella (whole mount), ciliated epithelium (section), coprinus mushroom set (cross section), corn starch (whole mount), cotton leaf (cross section), cotton stem (cross section), cotton worm (whole mount), cow hair (whole mount), Cucurbita (cross section), Cucurbita stem (longitudinal section), cyclops (whole mount), dandelion fuzz (whole mount), daphnia (whole mount), dense connective tissue (section), dog cardiac muscle (longitudinal section), dog cohurmar ciliated (section), dog columnar epithelium (section), dog duodenum (cross section), dog esophagus (cross section), dog hair (whole mount), dog ileum (cross section), dog jejunum (cross section), dog pancreas (section), dog rectum (cross section), dog skeletal muscle (cross section), dog small intestine (section), dog smooth muscle (longitudinal and cross sections), dog spleen (section), dog squamous epithelium (whole mount), dog stomach (section), dog stomach cardiac region (section), dog stomach pyloric region (section), dog tongue (longitudinal section), dog trachea (cross section), dog ureter (cross section), dog urinary bladder (section), dogbane leaf , dragonfly wings (whole mount), drosophila-chrysalis (whole mount), earthworm (cross section), euglena (whole mount), feather (whole mount), fern leaf-sorus (cross section), fern leaf-sorus (whole mount), fern prothallia (whole mount), fern prothallia and sporangia (whole mount), fern root (cross section), fern stem (cross section), fiber (whole mount), fish blood (smear), fish scales (whole mount), frog blood (smear), frog epidermic cell (section), frog liver (section), frog lung (section), frog showing spermary (section), frog spermatozoa (smear), frog-blastula (section), frog-early gastrula (section), frog-gastrula (section), frog-holoblastic cleavage (section), gourd pollen (whole mount), hemp (whole mount), honeybee mouth parts (whole mount), housefly body (whole mount), housefly compound eye (whole mount), housefly leg (whole mount), housefly mouth parts (whole mount), housefly wing (whole mount), human blood (smear), human cell mucus membrane (smear), human hair (whole mount), human spermatozoa (smear), hydra (cross section), hydra (longitudinal section), Hydrilla verticillata leaf (whole mount), ipomoea leaf (cross section), ipomoea root (section), leaf of winter jasmine (cross section), letter "e" (whole mount), lichen (section), lilac leaf (cross section), Lilium anther (cross section), Lilium ovary (cross section), lily leaf (cross section), locust wing (whole mount), loose connective tissue (whole mount), mantis leg (whole mount), mantis wing (whole mount), Marchantia antheridia (longitudinal section), Marchantia archegonia , Marchantia mature sporophyte (longitudinal section), meiosis-lillitrm pollen (whole mount), mitosis-onion root tip (longitudinal section), mixed bacteria (smear), mosquito larva (whole mount), mosquito mouth parts (whole mount), mosquito wings (whole mount), moss capsule (longitudinal section), mouse cuboidal epithelium (section), mouse kidney (longitudinal section), nervous tissue (section), nylon fibers (whole mount), onion epidermis (whole mount), paramecium (whole mount), paramecium-conjugation (whole mount), paramecium-fission (whole mount), peacock feather (whole mount), pelargonium of leaf (cross section), penicillium (whole mount), pepper (whole mount), pig liver (section), pig motor nerve (whole mount), pine cone-female (longitudinal section), pine leaf (cross section), pine pollen (whole mount), pine root (cross section), pine stem (cross section), pine stem (longitudinal section), pine young staminate cone (longitudinal section), planaria (cross section), planaria (whole mount), plasmodesmata (section), poa leaf (cross section), pollen gem (whole mount), polytrichum antheridia (longitudinal section), polytrichum archegonia (longitudinal section), pome sclereid (whole mount), privet leaf (cross section), pumpkin pollen (whole mount), pumpkin stem (cross section), rabbit arteriole (cross section), rabbit artery and vein (cross section), rabbit blood (smear), rabbit ganglia (section), rabbit hyaline cartilage (section), rabbit lymph node (section), rabbit spinal cord (cross section), rabbit testis (section), ranunculus root (cross section), rhizopus (whole mount), rice stem (cross section), root bacteria (cross section), root-meristem (longitudinal section), salt crystal (whole mount), shrimp-egg (whole mount), silk fibers (whole mount), silkworm moth larva (whole mount), silver berry scaly hair (whole mount), skin mammal (section), smooth muscle breakaway (whole mount), spirillum (smear), spirogyia (whole mount), spirogyia conjugation (whole mount), stem of buttercup (cross section), stem to show lenticel (cross section), stem-collenchyma (cross section), stem-cork cell (cross section), stem-parenchyma (cross section), stem-sclerenchyma (cross section), stem-sieve tube and companion cell (longitudinal section), stem-tracheid (longitudinal section), stomata-vicia faba leaf (whole mount), straw (whole mount), striated muscle (cross section), sugar (whole mount), sunflower stem (cross section), Taenia pisiformis (whole mount), Tilia stem (cross section), tobacco (whole mount), tomato flesh (whole mount), tomato leaf (cross section), typical plant cell (whole mount), vegetable pollen (whole mount), vicia faba root tip (longitudinal section), volvox (whole mount), wheaten leaf epidermis (whole mount), wool sheep (whole mount), yeast-budding (whole mount), young root of broad bean (cross section), Zea root (cross section), Zea root tip (longitudinal section), Zea seed (longitudinal section), Zea stem (cross section), Zea stem (longitudinal section).

Microscopes are instruments used to enhance the resolution of an object or image. Types include compound, stereo, or digital. Compound microscopes use a compound optical system with an objective lens and an eyepiece. Stereo microscopes show object depth in a three-dimensional image. Digital microscopes are used to display an image on a monitor, rather than looking through a lens. Microscopes can have monocular (one), binocular (two), or trinocular (three) eyepieces, with varying magnification abilities. Magnification ability refers to the size of an image. Resolution, also known as resolvant power, refers to the clarity of the image. The interaction between field of view (FOV), numerical aperture (NA), and working distance (WD) determines resolution. Microscopes can control magnification through a fixed focus, or through a range of adjustments. They can also utilize LED, fluorescent, and mirror light sources to help control viewing capabilities. Microscopes are widely used in education, lab research, biology, metallurgy, engineering, chemistry, manufacturing, and in the medical, forensic science, and veterinary industries.

United Scope manufactures microscopy equipment and accessories under the brand name AmScope. The company, founded in 1996, is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

What's in the Box?

• (200) Prepared slides
• (2) Fitted wooden cases