Class Flagella Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

Bodily characteristics

A

Cell membrane surrounded by pellicle
Move via flagella
Undulating membrane
Symbionts, mutualists, or commensals

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Human pathogens

A

Euglena
Trypanosoma
Chagas disease (T. cruzi)
Leishmania
Giardia
Trichomonas
T tenax
T. vaginalis

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Trypanosoma characteristics

A

2 hosts are tsetse fly (DH)
Humans and other animals (IH)
Moves into blood & lymphatic system

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Giardia characteristics

A

Pear shaped
Diarrhea
Humans final (DH) host
No IH
Infect upper small intestine
Fecal/oral transmission

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Choanoflagellate characteristics

A

Group closest to animals
Resemble feeding cells of sponges
Found in fresh and salt water

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly