AMOEBA LAB Flashcards
multicellular
Nematodes
cestodes
trematodes
Unicellular
Protozoans
hyaline foot-like extrusions from the ectoplasm
pseudopods
all amoebae are intestinal dwellers except
entamoeba gingivalis
acanthamoeba
naegleria fowleri
all amoeba are commensal except
entamoeba histolytica
all amoeba undergo encystation except:
entamoeba gingivalis
what is the infective stage
cyst stage
Diagnostic stage
cyst and trophozoite
movement of histolytica
rapid, unidirectional, progressive
cytoplasmic inclusions of E. histolytica troph
ingested red blood cells
cytoplasmic inclusion that contains rna material
chromatoid bars
cytoplasmic inclusion that is a food reserve
glycogen mass
unstained direct fecal smear
normal saline solution (nss)
stained fecal smear for cyst
lugol’s iodine
stained fecal smear for troph
quensel’s methylene blue