Labs 1-3 terms Pt. 2 Flashcards
Haller’s organ:
- oval organ on tarsus (legs) of ticks
- used to detect host presence
Hypostome:
sclerotized, median, ventral mouthparts of ticks with recurved teeth for attachment
Stichosome:
column of stichocytes surrounding and secreting into esophagus
Tarsus:
terminal segment of limb in Arthropoda
Vitellaria, vitellarium, vitelline gland:
glands in Platyhelminthes that produce yolk-filled vitelline cells that are carried to ootype and placed around ovum
Vitelline duct:
duct carrying vitelline cells from vitellaria to ootype
Trophozoite:
non-reproductive, feeding stage of Protozoa
Trypomastigote:
form of Trypanosomatidae w/ flagellum from posterior to nucleus and has undulating membrane
Undulating membrane:
surface pellicle is drawn up into fin-like ridge by flagellum
Sucking disk:
shallow depression in ventral surface of some Protozoa w/c aid attachment to host
Schizont:
cell undergoing schizogony where cytokinesis is not complete
Scolex:
attachment organ of Cestoda
Scutum:
dorsal plate covering ticks (Dermacentor)
Spiracle, spiracular plate:
lateral opening of respiratory system of some Arthropoda
Sporocyst:
early developmental stage of asexual reproduction in sporozoans, usu. enclosed w/n oocyst
Sporoplasm:
amoeboid transmission stage of Myxospora
Sporozoite:
daughter cell resulting from sporogony w/n oocyst
Hydatid:
bladder larva of Cestoda, as internal chambers lined by germinal epithelial cells
Oocyst:
cyst with sporozoites in Apicomplexa
Larva:
general term for any life cycle stage between egg and adult
Immature proglottid:
body segment of Cestoda with rudimentary genital organs
Protoscolex:
juvenile scolex formed by asexual budding w/n hydatid larva of Cestoda
Redia:
intramolluscan stage of Digeneans; has gut
Rostellum:
central protrusion on scolex of some Cestoda
Parabasal body:
Golgi body connected by filament to kinetosome
Mature proglottid:
body segment of Cestoda with functional male and female reproductive organs
Mehli’s gland:
unicellular glands surrounding ootype of Platyhelminthes
Merozoite:
daughter cell resulting from schizogony
Metacercaria:
last larval stage form of Digenea
Diplostomulum:
type of metacercaria in some Strigieoformes, living unencysted in host tissue
Miracidium:
ciliated larva of Digenea that hatched from an egg
Intestinal cecum, cecum:
blind-ending pouch leading off of an intestine
Nymph:
larval stage of Arthropoda that resembles the adult
Intestinal diverticulum:
lateral, usu. branched offshoot of part of the digestive system, usu. present in large numbers
Kinetoplast:
noticeable mass of mitochondrion (DNA) of Trypanosomatidae