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Intestinal Tapeworms Flashcards

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  1. Which tapeworm is associated with eating uncooked fresh water fish, such as salmon, perch and trout?
    a. Taenia solium
    b. Diphyllobothrium latum
    c. Hymenolepis nana
    d. Dipylidium caninum
A

b. Diphyllobothrium latum

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  1. What is the prescribed treatment for an infection of Diphyllobothrium latum?
    a. Niclosomide
    b. Metronidizol
    c. Praziquantel
    d. Quinoline
A

c. Praziquantel

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  1. Up to how long are Cestodes?
    a. 15m
    b. 20m
    c. 25m
    d. 30m
A

c. 25m

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  1. Proglottids of two Cestodes cannot mate with each other.
    True
    False
A

False

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  1. Cestodes come from the Phylum Platyhelminthes.
    True
    False
A

True

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  1. Which of the following is known as the dwarf tapeworm?
    a. Dipylidium caninum
    b. Hymenolepis dimunita
    c. Diphyllobothrium latum
    d. Hymenolepis nana
A

d. Hymenolepis nana

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  1. The Order Pseudophyllidea is characterized by which of the following?
    a. Scolex of the bothriate type
    b. Mature proglottids have a uterine pore
    c. Both of these
    d. Neither of these
A

c. Both of these

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  1. Taenia solium is known as the pork tapeworm and Taenia saginata is known as the beef tapeworm.
    True
    False
A

True

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  1. The most severe cestode intestinal infection occurs when the worms involved are in the ___ stage:
    a. Nymph
    b. Larva
    c. Adult
    d. Pupae
A

c. Adult

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  1. When Taenia parasites uses us as the ____ host, the parasite and eggs reside within the intestinal tract.
    a. Paratenic
    b. Intermediate
    c. Definitive
    d. Facultative
A

c. Definitive

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  1. When Taenia parasites use us as intermediate hosts, they reside outside the intestinal tract.
    True
    False
A

True

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  1. Which of the following is known as the broadfish tapeworm?
    a. Dipylidium caninum
    b. Hymenolepis dimunita
    c. Diphyllobothrium latum
    d. Hymenolepis nana
A

c. Diphyllobothrium latum

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  1. The first intermediate host of the broadfish tapeworm is a(n)
    a. Nematoda
    b. Arthropoda
    c. Annelida
    d. Mollusca
A

b. Arthropoda

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  1. The broadfish tapeworm can be transmitted through eating infected fish. These fish contain the broadfish tapeworm in its ____ stage.
    a. Nymph
    b. Larva
    c. Adult
    d. Pupae
A

b. Larva

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  1. The broadfish tapeworm is known to significantly infect wild animal ______.
    a. Herbivores
    b. Carnivores
    c. Omnivores
    d. All of the above
A

b. Carnivores

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  1. Broadfish tapeworm plerocercoid larvae develop in fish _____.
    a. Fat
    b. Intestines
    c. Muscle
    d. Brains
A

c. Muscle

17
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  1. Broadfish tapeworms do not replicate inside of the host, so if you eat one larval form, you end up with only one worm.
    True
    False
A

True

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  1. If you were to recover proglottids, you’d look for the presence of a ____ pore:
    a. Glomerular
    b. Uterine
    c. Lymphatic
    d. Hepatic
A

b. Uterine

19
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  1. In the Broadfish tapeworm life cycle, the coracidium transforms into the Plerocercoid in 14-18 days.
    True
    False
A

False

20
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  1. How many weeks does it take for a Broadfish tapeworm to mature (pre-patent period)?
    a. 2-4 weeks
    b. 3-6 weeks
    c. 5-8 weeks
    d. 7-9 weeks
A

b. 3-6 weeks

21
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  1. When is a definitive diagnosis able to be made that someone has a Broadfish tapeworm?
    a. When a complete blood count (CBC) lab shows positive results
    b. When observing a blood smear with positive results
    c. After testing for antibiotics present against the parasite
    d. When eggs are found in the feces
A

d. When eggs are found in the feces

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  1. Which of the following is a prevention measure for Broadfish tapeworms?
    a. Limiting consumption of raw fresh water fish
    b. Limiting consumption of raw salt water fish
    c. Limiting consumption of cooked fresh water fish
    d. Limiting consumtion of cooked salt water fish
    e. Both A and B are correct
A

a. Limiting consumption of raw fresh water fish

23
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  1. Recent cases of pseudophyllidean worms have been found in which of the following regions?
    a. Southern Europe
    * b. Southeast Asia
    c. Africa
    d. South America
A

d. South America

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  1. Monday night you go and eat at a sushi restaurant, where one of the main ingredients of your sushi was raw salmon. You go home, and the next morning your stomach hurts terribly. Was it likely that your raw salmon was infected with worms, and that you have a Broadfish tapeworm causing you intestinal discomfort as a result?
    a. Yes
    b. No, because Broadfish tapeworms usually take 3-6 weeks of development
    c. No, because Broadfish tapeworms only live in saltwater fish
    d. I don’t know
A

b. No, because Broadfish tapeworms usually take 3-6 weeks of development

25
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  1. The eggs of T. solium and T. saginata are easily distinguishable from one another.
    True
    False
A

False

26
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  1. If we ingest T. saginata eggs very serious symptoms will result when they turn into larva; if we ingest T. solium eggs, nothing happens.
    True
    False
A

False

27
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  1. How can you contract T. solium or T. saginata?
    a. Eating pork/beef that’s not cooked properly
    b. Living with someone who eats pork and beef
    c. Neither
    d. Both
A

d. Both

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  1. H. nana has two possible avenues of infection, two hosts where they can individually develop:
    a. infection of human host; infection of cattle host
    b. infection of fish host; infection of beetle host
    c. infection of human host; infection of fish host
    d. infection of human host; infection of beetle host
A

d. infection of human host; infection of beetle host

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  1. With H. nana, the cercosystis larva will be in the mammalian host, and the cysticercoid larva will be the form it adopts within beetles.
    True
    False
A

True

30
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  1. Before school one morning, you drag yourself out of bed and go to eat a bowl of Whole Grain cereal. Right before you pour the milk in, you notice a really ugly beetle climbing out of the bowl – further inspection reveals that it was a grain beetle! If you had continued to eat the cereal and accidentally ingested the beetle (yum), what parasite might you have been at risk for contracting from the beetle?
    a. H. nana
    b. H. dimunita
    c. D. caninum
    d. T. solium
A

b. H. dimunita

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  1. H. dimunita differs from H. nana in that:
    a. The autoinfection part of the lifecycle that H. nana has will not be included in H. dimunita
    b. H. dimunita has an autoinfection part of the lifecycle, while H. nana does not
    c. H. nana does not have knobs at the egg poles, while H. dimunita does
    d. H. nana can’t infect beetles, while H. dimunita often does
A

a. The autoinfection part of the lifecycle that H. nana has will not be included in H. dimunita

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  1. D. caninum develop into their larval stage inside of a…
    a. Dog
    b. Cat
    c. Human
    d. Flea
A

d. Flea

33
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  1. Because humans often contract the D. caninum parasite from a dog or cat, the disease could be called a…
    a. zoonotic disease
    b. commensal disease
    c. mutualistic disease
    d. animalistic disease
A

a. zoonotic disease

34
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  1. What does “RA Vaccine” stand for?
    a. reduction attenuation
    b. recombinant antigen
    c. rheumatid arthritis
    d. radiation attenuation
A

b. recombinant antigen

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