Which of the following is designed to be lowered into a drop of immersion oil placed directly above the prepared specimen under examination? 

A. Dry objective
B. Stage
C. Substage
D. Oil-immersion objective
E. 10x objective


D. Oil-immersion objective
The oil-immersion objective is lowered into a drop of immersion oil placed directly on the slide above the prepared specimen to eliminate the air space between the microscope slide and the objective, where some of the light scatters beyond the objective.

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