Ascaris

Question 1

Greek word

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Ascaris

Question 2

Meaning of Ascaris

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intestinal worm

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Latin word

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Lumbrica

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meaning of Lumbrica

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worm

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common name for Ascaris lumbricoides

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Giant Intestinal Roundworm

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Soil-Transmitted Helminth

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Geohelminth

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Kingdom (Geohelminth)

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Animalis

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Subkingdom (Geohelminth)

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Metazoa

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Phylum (Geohelminth)

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Nematoda

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Class ( Geohelminth)

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Secernentea

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Order (Geohelminth)

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Ascarididae

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Genus (Geohelminth)

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Ascaris

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Specie (Geohelminth)

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Ascaris Lumbricoides

Question 14

type of sematic muscle arrangement

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Polymerian

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Bigger parasite, male or female?

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female

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color of parasite

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whitish or pinkish

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can live for how many years?

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1-2 years

Question 18

adults reside in but ___________________ to the ___________________ of the small intestines

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do not attach, mucosa

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size of adult male

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10-31 cm

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ventrally curved posterior end with 2 copulatory spicules

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adult male

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genitalia consists of single, long, tortuous tubule

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adult male

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size of adult female

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22-35 cm

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vulva located midventrally near junction of anterior and middle thirds of the body

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adult female

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distinct groove

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genital girdle

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formed to facilitate mating

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indication of estrus

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present on female worms that have no ______________

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spermatozoa

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loss of outer mammillated covering

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decorticated egg

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thick transparent hyaline shell

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fertilized eggs

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example of decorticated egg

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kato-katz

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infective stage

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embryonated eggs

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disorder of eating what is not food

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PICA

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where does egg hatches releasing the larvae?

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small intestines

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enters the portal circulation

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larval migration stage

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lungs: breaks out

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2nd and 3rd molting

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glottis: gets swallowed

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4th molting

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where does larva develops into adults?

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jejunum

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how many days to become embryonated?

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12-18 days

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most prevalent in how many years?

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5-9 years

Question 39

usual infection

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10-20 worms

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long term effect of malnutrition

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growth impairment

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worm can lodge in the appendix

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acute appendicitis

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occlude pancreatic duct

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pancreatitis

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carry intestinal bacteria

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production of abscess

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penetrate intestinal wall

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peritonitis

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used for identifying infection with soil-transmitted helminths

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polymerase chain reaction

Question 46

decreases atp production

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albendazole

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inhibits cholinesterase

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spastic paralysis

Question 48

massive larval invasion of lungs can cause ____________

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acute respiratory distress syndrome

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study of patterns

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epidemiology

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number of new cases

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incidence

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number of individual

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prevalence

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rate of disease

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morbidity

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use of anthelminthic drugs

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deworming

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effect of a drug

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efficacy

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defined as permanent reduction to zero

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disease eradication

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reduction to zero of the incidence

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disease elimination