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Intro Flashcards

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What are the 2 classes of helminths?

A
  1. Platyhelminths = fluke + tapeworms
  2. Nematodes = roundworms
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What are protozoa?

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Single celled organisms

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What are the 2 category of arthropods?

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1.Arachnids
2. Insects.

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4
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How do you distinguish between M + F nematodes?

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Females>males + have eggs in uterus
Males = decorated tails ( bursa+spicules)

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5
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What are the 2 different types of flatworms?

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Cestodes - tapeworms
trematodes - flukes
both = hermaphrodytes

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Give some examples of protozoa?

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Malaria
Babesia
Toxoplasma
Giardia
Trypanosomiasis
Leishmaniasis

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What are the 2 types of reproduction protozoa partake

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sexual - syngamy
asexual - binary fission
- Schizogony

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