Intestinal Tissue Nematodes II Flashcards
Adults may lay a number of undeveloped eggs up to 250,000/day that are passed in the feces.
Ascaris lumbricoides (adults)
Terminal mouth: trilobate lips and a sensory papillae.
Ascaris lumbricoides (adults)
Trilobate lips and a sensory papillae.
Terminal mouth
Single female lays 4,672 to 16,888 per day with an average of 11,105 eggs and dies after deposition.
Enterobius vermicularis (adults)
A female lays approximately 3,000 to 10,000 eggs per day.
Trichuris trichiura (adults)
Each female worm can produce a total of over 60 million eggs over an average life span of 2 years.
Trichuris trichiura (adults)
Egg: Morula ball appearance
Hookworm egg
Has slender larva has a shorter esophagus than that of Strongyloides stercoralis.
[2 notable characteristics]
Hookworm
Has a distinct pointed tail.
[2 notable characteristics]
Hookworm filariform larva
Contains pair of cutting plates.
Necator americanus
Contains actual teeth.
Ancylostoma
Adult females lay 10,000 to 20,000 eggs/day.
Hookworm adults
Has a long esophagus, compared with that of the hookworm.
S. stercoralis
The tail of this, is notched, unlike that Hookworm which is pointed.
S. stercoralis
It is known to exist, the adult female is considered as parthenogenic, because there are no obvious morphologic structures to indicate that a male is not required for fertilization.
S. stercoralis