GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Wet slides will use a cover slip or cover glass, a very thin square piece of glass (or plastic) that is placed over the sample drop.

Detailed explanation-2: -A cover slip or cover glass is a very thin square piece of glass (or plastic) that is placed over the water drop.

Detailed explanation-3: -When viewing any slide with a microscope, a small square or circle of thin glass called a coverslip is placed over the specimen. It protects the microscope and prevents the slide from drying out when it’s being examined. The coverslip is lowered gently onto the specimen using a mounted needle .

Detailed explanation-4: -Cover slips are small squares of glass that cover the specimen placed on the microscope slide. They flatten the specimen for better viewing and also decrease the rate of evaporation from the sample, both in wet and dry mounted slides, explains the Newton website.

Detailed explanation-5: -The main function of the cover slip is to keep solid specimens pressed flat, and liquid samples shaped into a flat layer of even thickness. This is necessary because high-resolution microscopes have a very narrow region within which they focus.