Common Name Flashcards
Giant intestinal roundworm
Ascaris lumbricoides
Ascaris of dog
Toxocara canis
Eel worm
Ascaris lumbricoides
Whipworm
Trichuris trichiuria
Pudoc worm
Capillaria philippinensis
Pinworm
Enterobius vermicularis
Seat worm
Enterobius vermicularis
Trichina worm
Trichinella spiralis
Pork muscle roundworm
Trichinella spiralis
Threadworm
Strongyloides stercoralis
New world worm
Necator americanus
Old world hookworm
Ancylostoma duodenale
Dog hookworm
Ancylostoma caninum
Cat hookworm
Ancylostoma braziliense
Bibig ng parasites
Copulatory bursa
Look alike magneto helmet
Trichuris trichiura
Trichuris trichuira female
Pointed
Trichuris trichuira male
Coiled or curve
Trichuris trichuira egg
Bipolar plugs
D shaped
Enterobius vermicularis
Ascaris of cat
Toxocara cati
Bancrofts filarial
Wuchereria bancrofti
Malayan filarial
Brugia malayi
Eye worm
Loa loa
Convoluted filarial
Onchocerca volvulus
Ozzard’s filarial
Mansonella ozzardi
Persistent filarial
Dipetalonema perstans
Guines worm
Dracunculus medinensis
Serpent worm
Dracunculus medinensis
Dragon worm
Dracunculus medinensis
Rat lung worm
Angiostrongylus cantonensis
Dog heart worm
Dirofilaria immitis
Free living amoeba
Acanthamoeba castellani
Naegleria fowleri
Acanthamoeba Motility
Acanthapodia - spiny filaments with sluggish and polydirectional movement
Acanthamoeba cysts
Double walled with outer wrinkled wall
Acanthamoeba trophozoite
Uninucleated with central nucleus
Acanthamoeba resides in
Soil, affect children who swallow dirt
Acanthamoeba may cause
Mild pharyngitis
Acathamoeba if reach the brain can cause
Granulomatous encephalitis
Can be taken in contaminated pool
Naegleria fowleri
Naegleri trophozoite, nucleus has
With blunt pseudopodia,
Large karyosomes and cytoplasms has rbc
An amoebaflagellate because it can
Transform into non flagellate stage to resistant cyst
N. Fowleri can cause
Fatal meningoencephalitis
A non pathogenic Naegleria
N. Gruberi
Largest intestinal protozoa
Balantidium coli
B.coli can cause
Balantidial dysentery
Infective stage of balantidium
Cystic stage
Common parasites of pigs and a tissue invader
B. Coli