[LEC] General Characteristics of Protozoans Flashcards
COMMON HABITATS OF PROTOZOANS
MOIST HABITATS
SEA
SOIL
FRESH WATER
[MORPHOLOGY]
THIN OUTER LAYER
ECTOPLASM
[MORPHOLOGY]
VOLUMINOUS LAYER
ENDOPLASM
[FUNCTIONS]
ECTOPLASM
MOVEMENT
RESPIRATION
PROCUREMENT OF FOOD
DISCHARGE METABOLIC WASTE
PROTECTION
[FUNCTIONS]
PSEUDOPODIA
TEMPORARY EXTENSIONS
LOCOMOTION
[FUNCTIONS]
FLAGELLA
TEMPORARY EXTENSIONS
LOCOMOTION
[FUNCTIONS]
CILIA
TEMPORARY EXTENSIONS
LOCOMOTION
[FUNCTIONS]
UNDULATING MEMBRANE
LATERAL EXPANSION WITH FLAGELLAR RIM
LOCOMOTION
[FUNCTIONS]
PSEUDOPODIA
FEEDING VIA PHAGOCYTOSIS
[FUNCTIONS]
CYTOSOME
CELL MOUTH
TAKES IN FOOD
[FUNCTIONS]
CYTOPYGE
CELL ANUS
EXCRETES UNDIGESTED PARTICLES
[FUNCTIONS]
CYST WALL
PROTECTION
SURVIVAL
[FUNCTIONS]
ENDOPLASM
METABOLISM
NUTRITION
STORAGE OF FOOD
[FUNCTION]
VACUOLES
OSMOREGULATORS
ARE FRESHWATER PROTOZOANS HYPER OR HYPOTONIC
HYPERTONIC
HOW DO VACUOLES TAKE IN WATER
IMBIBING
THROUGH OSMOSIS
CONTRACTILE VACUOLE COLLECTS EXCESS WATER IN THEIR CYTOPLASM AND PUMPS THEM OUT OF THE CELL
[FUNCTIONS]
GLYCOGEN VACUOLE
MAIN STORAGE FORM OF GLUCOSE
COLOR OF VACUOLES WHEN STAINED WITH IODINE
BROWN
[FUNCTIONS]
CHROMATOIDAL BODIES OR BARS
MAINTAIN FOOD SUPPLY
[MORPHOLOGY]
STAINS BROWN WITH IODINE
GLYCOGEN VACUOLE
[COMPOSITION]
CHROMATOIDAL BODIES
CHROMATOIDAL BODIESCRYSTALLINE RNA
RNA BINDING PROTEINS
INCLUSIONS FOUND IN THE ENDOPLASM
RBC
BACTERIA
INGESTED MATERIALS