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[LEC] General Characteristics of Protozoans Flashcards

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COMMON HABITATS OF PROTOZOANS

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MOIST HABITATS

SEA
SOIL
FRESH WATER

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[MORPHOLOGY]
THIN OUTER LAYER

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ECTOPLASM

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[MORPHOLOGY]
VOLUMINOUS LAYER

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ENDOPLASM

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[FUNCTIONS]
ECTOPLASM

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MOVEMENT
RESPIRATION
PROCUREMENT OF FOOD
DISCHARGE METABOLIC WASTE
PROTECTION

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[FUNCTIONS]
PSEUDOPODIA

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TEMPORARY EXTENSIONS
LOCOMOTION

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[FUNCTIONS]
FLAGELLA

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TEMPORARY EXTENSIONS
LOCOMOTION

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[FUNCTIONS]
CILIA

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TEMPORARY EXTENSIONS
LOCOMOTION

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[FUNCTIONS]
UNDULATING MEMBRANE

A

LATERAL EXPANSION WITH FLAGELLAR RIM
LOCOMOTION

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[FUNCTIONS]
PSEUDOPODIA

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FEEDING VIA PHAGOCYTOSIS

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[FUNCTIONS]
CYTOSOME

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CELL MOUTH
TAKES IN FOOD

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[FUNCTIONS]
CYTOPYGE

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CELL ANUS
EXCRETES UNDIGESTED PARTICLES

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[FUNCTIONS]
CYST WALL

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PROTECTION
SURVIVAL

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[FUNCTIONS]
ENDOPLASM

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METABOLISM
NUTRITION
STORAGE OF FOOD

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[FUNCTION]
VACUOLES

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OSMOREGULATORS

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ARE FRESHWATER PROTOZOANS HYPER OR HYPOTONIC

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HYPERTONIC

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HOW DO VACUOLES TAKE IN WATER

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IMBIBING
THROUGH OSMOSIS

CONTRACTILE VACUOLE COLLECTS EXCESS WATER IN THEIR CYTOPLASM AND PUMPS THEM OUT OF THE CELL

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[FUNCTIONS]
GLYCOGEN VACUOLE

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MAIN STORAGE FORM OF GLUCOSE

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COLOR OF VACUOLES WHEN STAINED WITH IODINE

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BROWN

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[FUNCTIONS]
CHROMATOIDAL BODIES OR BARS

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MAINTAIN FOOD SUPPLY

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[MORPHOLOGY]
STAINS BROWN WITH IODINE

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GLYCOGEN VACUOLE

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[COMPOSITION]
CHROMATOIDAL BODIES

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CHROMATOIDAL BODIESCRYSTALLINE RNA
RNA BINDING PROTEINS

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INCLUSIONS FOUND IN THE ENDOPLASM

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RBC
BACTERIA
INGESTED MATERIALS

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[MORPHOLOGY]
CONTAINS CHROMOSOMES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR LIFE

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[MORPHOLOGY]
TEMPORARY EXTENSIONS

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PSEUDOPODIA

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[MORPHOLOGY]
DENSE GRANULAR PROTOPLASM

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[MORPHOLOGY]
SURROUNDS THE NUCLEUS

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[MORPHOLOGY]
HAS A DENSE, GRANULAR PROTOPLASM THAT SURROUNDS THE NUCLEUS

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[MORPHOLOGY]
CONTAINS CHROMOSOMES

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[MORPHOLOGY]
BOUND EXTERNALLY BY A WELL DEFINED NUCLEAR MEMBRANE

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[MORPHOLOGY]
HAS AN IRREGULAR DISTRIBUTION OF CHROMATIN MATERIALS

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VESICULAR NUCLEUS

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[MORPHOLOGY]
FIBRILS THAT RADIATE TOWARDS THAT PERIPHERY OF THE NUCLEUS

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LININ NETWORK

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[MORPHOLOGY]
GRANULES THAT LINE THE INNER SIDE OF THE NUCLEAR MEMBRANE

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PERIPHERAL CHROMATIN

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[MORPHOLOGY]
SINGLE MASS OR AGGREGATE OF DENSE CHROMATIN

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KARYOSOME
ENDOSOME

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[MORPHOLOGY]
ONLY FOUND PRIMARILY IN CILIATES

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COMPACT NUCLEUS

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[MORPHOLOGY]
NO CLEAR AREAS OF NUCLEOPLASM

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COMPACT NUCLEUS

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[MORPHOLOGICAL STAGE]
MOTILE FORMS

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[MORPHOLOGICAL STAGE]
VEGETATIVE STAGE

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[MORPHOLOGICAL STAGE]
CAN REPRODUCE

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[MORPHOLOGICAL STAGE]
FEEDING STAGE

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[MORPHOLOGICAL STAGE]
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PATHOGENIC EFFECTS

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[MORPHOLOGICAL STAGE]
DELICATE AND DO NOT SURVIVE LONG OUTSIDE THE HOST

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[MORPHOLOGICAL STAGE]
RESTING, NONMOTILE

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[MORPHOLOGICAL STAGE]
BOUNDED BY A TOUGH CELL WALL

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[MORPHOLOGICAL STAGE]
CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSFER FROM HOST TO HOST

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[MORPHOLOGICAL STAGE]
INFECTIVE STAGE

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[STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT]
ACTIVE TO INACTIVE STAGE

A

ENCYSTATION

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[STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT]
LOSE THE POWER OF MOTILITY, GROWTH, AND REPRODUCTION

A

ENCYSTATION

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[STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT]
ENCLOSURE IN A TOUGH WALL

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ENCYSTATION

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ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS THAT INDUCE ENCYSTATION

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NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY
PH OR TEMPERATURE CHANGES
INCREASED TONICITY
DECREASED OXYGEN CONCENTRATION
OVERPOPULATION

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[STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT]
INACTIVE TO ACTIVE STAGE

A

EXCYSTATION

51
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[STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT]
OCCURS WHEN ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE

A

EXCYSTATION

52
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[STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT]
STAGE THAT ALLOWS ORGANISMM TO CONTINUE ITS LIFE CYCLE

A

EXCYSTATION

53
Q

MECHANISMS FOR EXCYSTATION

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ABSORPTION OF WATER —> SWELLING
SECRETION OF LYTIC ENZYMES BY THE PROTOZOAN
ACTION OF HOST DIGESTIVE ENZYMES ON THE CYST WALL

54
Q

WHERE CAN MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES OCCUR

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ONLY WITHIN THE HOST

55
Q

WHAT HAPPENS TO TROPHS THAT ARE PASSED IN FECES

A

DO NOT ENCYST
THEY DISINTEGRATE

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