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Lab 1-Plasmodium Flashcards

1
Q

What disease does plasmodium cause?

A

Malaria

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2
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Insect vector of plasmodium?

A

Female mosquitoes and other blood-feeding arthropods

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3
Q

Mian target cell of plasmodium?

A

Red blood cell

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4
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What are sporozoites?

A

daughter cell from a sporogony w/n oocyst

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5
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Where do sporozoites stay in mosquitoes?

A

Salivary gland

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6
Q

Exoerythrocytic cycle

A

occurs when sporozoite enters hepatocyte and asexually reproduces into merozoites

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7
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Erythrocytic cycle

A

merozoites penetrate the RBC and asecually multiplies

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8
Q

Erythrocytic schizogony

A

asexual reproduction marked by many mitoses and cytokinesis producing many daughter cells, occurs in the RBC

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9
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Microgamete

A

male gamete

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10
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Macrogamete

A

female gamete

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11
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Exflagellation

A

Microgametocytes undergo nuclear division and form microgametes that are surrounded by flagellum

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12
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Ookinete

A

zygote formed after fertilization of macrogamete by microgamete

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13
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Oocyst

A

ookinete develops into this after penetrating gut wall of mosquito

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14
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What does the oocyst produce?

A

Sporozoites

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15
Q

In host-parasite relationships, distinction between definitive and intermediate host is usually made based on where __ __ takes place

A

Sexual reproduction

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16
Q

Where do the sex stages occur in Plasmodium?

A

vertebrate host

17
Q

Where does fertilization occur in plasmodium?

A

insect vector

18
Q

What are metacryptozoites?

A

Merozoites that are produced in the liver that have undergone nuclear division, but not cytokinesis

19
Q

What are trophozoites?

A

non-reproductive, feeding stage of Protozoa

20
Q

Ring stage in trophozoites?

A
  • occurs in young trophozoites

- has a central vacuole that looks like a ring

21
Q

What side does an ookinete develop into oocyst?

A

hemocoele side (between gut and body cavity)

22
Q

What example genus are we studying for Apicomplexa?

A

Plasmodium

23
Q

What distinguishes P. vivax from other Plasmodium species?

A

Schuffner’s dots

Zoology 352 Labs 1-3 (17 decks)

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