Introduction Flashcards
Terms
Obligatory parasite
Cannot survive outside of host
Faculative parasite
Capable of living outside of host
Endoparasite
Parasite est. Inside host
Ectoparasite
Parasite established in or on exterior of host
Accedental or incedental host
Host other than normal host
Definitive host
Host in which adult sexual phase of parasite development occurs
Intermediate host
Larval asexual phase of parasite development
Reservoir Host
Host harboring parasites that infect humans
Transport Host
Transfers parasite from one place to another
Carrier
Parasite harboring host that is asymptomatic but can infect other people
Symbiosis
Living together: association of two organisms of different species
Commensalism
Relationship is beneficial to one but neutral to the other
Mutualism
Relationship benefits both
Parasitism
Benefits one at the expense of the other
Pathogenic parasite
Parasite has demonstrated the ability to cause disease
Vector
Living carrier that transports a pathogen from an infected to non infected host😨🕷🦂
Biologic vector
Parasite develops in the body of vector
Mechanical vector
Instrument of passive transfer
Eg flies
Three major groups of human parasites
Protozoa- single celled
Helminths- multicellular worms
Animalia- arthropods
what subphyla are in sarcomastigophora
sarconida (amoeba)
mastigophore(flagellates)
sarconida includes?
ameoba
mastigophore includes?
flaggelates
apicomplexia
includes tissue and blood parasites, has sexual and asexual life cycles. malaria
ciliophora
ciliates
metazoa
roundworms, flatworms, flukes
nemathelminthes
roundworms
platyhelminthes
flukes and tapeworms: multicellular flatworms
arthropodia
crustacea, arachnida,insecta, chilopodia, pentastomida
trematoda
flukes
cystodia
tapeworms
