Labs 1-3 terms Pt. 1

Question 1

Acetabulum, ventral sucker

Answer 1

sucker not surrounding a mouth

Question 2

Adult

Answer 2

developmental stage that can produce gametes

Question 3

Amastigote

Answer 3

form of Trypanosomatidae w/ short flagellum

Question 4

Axostyle

Answer 4

tube-like organelle in some flagellate protozoans

Question 5

Brood capsule:

Answer 5

region of mouthparts in a tick

Question 6

Cercaria:

Answer 6

free-living larval stage of Digenea

Question 7

Chelicera:

Answer 7

directed movement wrt chemical gradient

Question 8

Cirrus pouch

Answer 8

copulatory organ of Platyhelminthes

Question 9

Cyst:

Answer 9

general term for membranous envelope of parasite origin, usu. enclosing a larval parasite

Question 10

Coxa:

Answer 10

external male copulatory appendage, used to grip females during mating

Question 11

Egg:

Answer 11

protective membranes enclosing a zygote and subsequent developmental changes until it hatches

Question 12

Endosome:

Answer 12

RNA-rich structure w/n nucleus of some protozoa (karyosome)

Question 13

Festoon:

Answer 13

rectangular areas separated by grooves along posterior dorsal margin of ticks

Question 14

Gynaecophoric canal:

Answer 14

ventral longitudinal groove in surface of male Schistosomatidae

Question 15

Gravid proglottid:

Answer 15

proglottid with uterus filled with fully developed eggs (other components of female and male reproductive systems have fully/partially degenerated)

Question 16

Genital aperture, genital pore:

Answer 16

common external opening of male and female reproductive systems

Question 17

Gravid:

Answer 17

containing fully developed eggs