Introduction Flashcards

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What is paroxysm?

A

Height of spasm or attack

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1
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What time is the diurnal collection

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8:00am-4:00pm

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2
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(True or false) Hermaphrodite has both male and female sex organs.

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False. It has both male and female REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS

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3
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It is a parasite that cannot survive outside a host

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Obligatory parasite

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Parasite that is established inside a host

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Endoparasite

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Parasite that is capable of existing independently of a host

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Facultative parasite

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Parasite that is established in or on the exterior surface of a host

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Ectoparasite

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7
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Host other than the normal one that is harboring a parasite

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Accidental or incidental host

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8
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Parasite harboring host that is not exhibiting any clinical symptoms but can infect others

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Carrier

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9
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Host in which the adult sexual phase of parasite development occurs

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Definitive host

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10
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Host in which the larval asexual phase of parasite development occurs

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Intermediate host

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Host harboring parasites that are parasitic for humans and from which humans can became infected

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Reservoir host

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12
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Host responsible for transferring a parasite from one location to another

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Transport host

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13
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Association of two living organisms each of a different species; living together

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Symbiosis

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14
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Association of two different species of organism that is beneficial to one and neutral to the other

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Commensalism

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15
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Association of two different species of organisms that is beneficial to both

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Mutualism

16
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Association of two different species of organisms that is beneficial to one at the other’s expense

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Parasitism

17
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Parasite that has demonstrated the ability to cause disease

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Pathogenic