Blood and Tissue Flagellates Flashcards
Have a single (3)
flagellum
nucleus
kinetoplast
is a mass of mitochondrial DNA lying close to the nucleus
Kinetoplast
Stages of trypanosomatodae
Trypomastigote
Epimastigote
Promastigote
Amastigote
: blood stream form;
infective form replicative
Trypomastigote
: replicative stage in insect
Epimastigote
: infective stage of Leishmania spp.
Promastigote
: non-motile; intracellular,
stage in vertebrate
non-motile, intracellular
Amastigote
• Kinetoplast is at the posterior end
• Basal body is adjacent to the kinetoplast and it is where the flagella arises from
• Nucleus is at the center
Trypomastigote
Trypomastigote
• Kinetoplast is at the_____ end
• Basal body is_____ to the kinetoplast and it is where the flagella arises from
• Nucleus is at the____
posterior
adjacent
center
• Kinetoplast is found anterior and adjacent to the nucleus
• Flagellum emerges in the middle of the cell where the basal body is
• Nucleus is at the center
Epimastigote
Epimastigote
• Kinetoplast is found_____ and adjacent to the nucleus
• Flagellum emerges in the_____ of the cell where the basal body is
• Nucleus is at the____
anterior
middle
center
• Kinetoplast is at the anterior end
• Basal body is adjacent to the kinetoplast
• Nucleus is at the center
Promastigote
Promastigote
• Kinetoplast is at the____ end
• Basal body is_____ to the kinetoplast
• Nucleus is at the____
anterior
adjacent
center
• Intracellular dividing form in the cytoplasm of vertebrate cells
• Round/oval-shaped cell with no protruding flagellum
Amastigote
Amastigote
• Intracellular dividing form in the cytoplasm of vertebrate cells
•______-shaped cell with no protruding flagellum
Round/oval