CLINICAL PARASITOLOGY LEC Flashcards
The presence of ectoparasites
INFESTATION
Phylum classification of Plasmodium species
APICOLPLEXA
Father of parasitology
REDI
Branch of zoology that deals with the study of insects
ENTOMOLOGY
An organism that is dependent upon a particular species of organism
PARASITE
The term for parasites that colonizes that internal organs and body fluids
ENDOPARASITE
Animal bite site characterized by segmented bodies and jointed legs
ARTHROPOD
Common name for a trematode
FLUKE
Locomotory organelles of mastigophorans
FLAGELLA
Describes arthropod that carries pathogenic microorganisms
VECTOR
A nonpathogenic parasite
Commensal
Has a direct life cycle
Monoxenous
Passes through the GIT without infecting the host
Spurious
Capable of independent or a parasitic existence
Facultative
Attached to the outer surfaces of its host
Ectoparasite