GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -This smaller sheet of glass, called a cover slip or cover glass, is usually between 18 and 25 mm on a side. The cover glass serves two purposes: (1) it protects the microscope’s objective lens from contacting the specimen, and (2) it creates an even thickness (in wet mounts) for viewing.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -A cover slip, coverslip or cover glass is a thin flat piece of transparent material, usually square or rectangular and a fraction of a millimetre thick, that is placed over objects for viewing with a microscope.

Detailed explanation-4: -A coverslip also called a coverglass is usually made of thin pieces of borosilicate glass that are used to cover specimens viewed on a microscope slide.

Detailed explanation-5: -Cover Slip: A very thin square piece of glass or plastic that is placed over the specimen on top of a microscope slide. When used with liquid samples, the cover slip flattens out the liquid and assists with single plane focusing.