hemoflagellates Flashcards
1
Q
two medically important hemoflagellates
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trypanosoma, leishmania
2
Q
hemoflagellates is under phylum __
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euglenozoa (previously sarcomastigophora)
3
Q
primitive structure of hemoflagellates
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genus leptomas (parasitic in insects)
4
Q
characteristic of genus leptomas
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fusiform body
central nucleus
single anterior flagellate (arising from kinetoplast)
kinetoplast near the anterior end
5
Q
specie of trypanosome that may be found both in blood and intracellularly in the cardiac muscle
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amastigote