Arthropods

Question 1

A phylum of the animal kingdom composed of organisms having a hard segmented exoskeleton

Answer 1

Arthropods

Question 2

head, thorax, abdomen

Answer 2

Body

Question 3

body cavity

Answer 3

Hemocele

Question 4

Change of shape or structure

Answer 4

Metamorphosis

Question 5

the arthropod is not part of the life cycle

Answer 5

Mechanical transmission

Question 6

the arthropod is an integral part of the organism’s life cycle

Answer 6

Biological transmission

Question 7

bodies are divided into head, thorax, abdomen, 1 pr. antennae, 3 pr. Legs
Flies, mosquitoes, midges, bugs, lice, fleas

Answer 7

Insecta

Question 8

No distinct head, no antennae, fused abdomen and thorax, 4 pr.legs- adult
Spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites

Answer 8

Arachnida

Question 9

Includes crabs, water fleas, crayfish, lobsters, shrimp, barnacles

Answer 9

Crustacea

Question 10

-Phlebotomus ( Phlebotomine), Lutzomyia - Leishmania

Answer 10

Sandflies

Question 11

buffalo gnats - Simulium- (SBB) Onchocerca volvulus

Answer 11

Blackflies

Question 12

Mango flies - Chrysops (DMC)- Loa loa

Answer 12

Deerflies

Question 13

Glossina - African Trypanosomes

Answer 13

Tsetse flies

Question 14

Stomoxys-carry infectious disease

Answer 14

Stable flies

Question 15

Culicoides spp.- Mansonella

Answer 15

Biting midges

Question 16

myiasis-infection with maggots

Answer 16

Fly larvae

Question 17

Aedes – viral, Wuchereria bancrofti; Anopheles - Plasmodium, Brugia malayi, viral; Culex – W. bancrofti, viruses

Answer 17

Mosquitoes

Question 18

true bugs
Bedbugs-no conclusive evidence of disease transmission – Cimex lectularius
symptoms
Triatomid (Triatomine) , reduviid, kissing or conenose bugs – Trypanosoma cruzi

Answer 18

Hemiptera; class insecta

Question 19

fleas

Xenopsylla cheopis- transmit plague and murine typhus; dog and cat fleas/domestic fleas- Dipylidium caninum

Answer 19

Siphonaptera; class insect

Question 20

lice, permanent ectoparasites
Phthirus pubis- crab louse – no known disease transmission
Pediculus humanus- head and body louse
Carries Rickettsia - endemic typhus; trench fever, Louse borne relapsing fever
Symptoms

Answer 20

Anoplura; class insect

Question 21

Hard tick- Dermacentor- Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Tularemia, Q fever
Hard tick- Ixodes ( Black-legged tick, deer tick- old name)- babesiosis (Babesia sp), granulocytic ehrlichiosis (Anaplasma sp) and lyme disease ( Borrelia burgdorferi ) and Powassan virus
Soft Tick- Ornothodoros- tick paralysis
Human Itch Mite- Sarcoptes scabiei -scabies
Chiggers- Trombicula- Chigger, red bug
Follicle mite- Demodex folliculorum -acne

Answer 21

Class arachnida

Question 22

Sarcoptes scabiei

Answer 22

Itch mite

Question 23

Water fleas- first intermediate host- Diphyllobothrium latum
Water fleas – infected agent for Dracunculus medinensis

Answer 23

Class Crustacea- Order Copepoda

Question 24

Crabs, crayfish- 2nd intermediate host, Paragonimus westermani

Answer 24

Class Crustacea- Order Decapoda