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Lesson 2: 7/21/14 Flashcards

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  1. Amoeba’s locomotor apparatus?
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Pseudopod - “false feet”

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  1. Types of protozoans?
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Amoebae
Flagellates
Ciliates
Sporozoans

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  1. Protozoan with no locomotor apparatus?
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Sporozoan

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  1. Trophozoite?
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Motile stage
Vegetative stage
–feeding from environment

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  1. Cyst?
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Nonmotile stage
Infective stage (usual)
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  1. Consistencies of stool?
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Formed–cyst
Soft——csyt
Loose—-trophozoite
Watery—trophozoite

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  1. Cyst’s stains?
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I2 stain (lugol's / d'antoni's)
--KI / I2 / distilled H2O
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  1. Trophozoite’s stain?
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Methylene blue

–Quenzel’s methylene blue

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  1. Amoebae?
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Lobosea

Phizopoa?

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  1. Examples of amoebae?
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Entamoeba histolytica (pathogen)
Entamoeba coli (commensal)
Endolimax nana
Iodamoeba butschlii
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  1. Entamoeba histolytica’s trophozoite?
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"Bull's eye" nucleus
Finger-like pseudopod (bean)!!!
Motility: unidirectional and progessive
RBC inclusions (clean)
*causes dysentery (diarrhea with blood)
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  1. Entamoeba coli’s trophozoite?
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Eccentric nucleus
Bluntly-shaped psudopodia!!!
Motility: nondirectional and slow
Ingests bacteria, fecal debris, yeast (dirty)

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  1. Entamoeba histolytica’s cyst?
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Thin cystic wall
IS: Tetra/quadrinucleated
Centrally-located karyosome
Sausage chromatoidal bars (food reservoir)!!!

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  1. Entamoeba coli’s cyst?
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Thick cystic wall!!!
IS: octonucleated!!!
Eccentric karyosome
Witch broom chromatoidal bars.

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  1. Endolimax nana’s cyst?
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“cross-eyed cyst”
Tetranucleated!!!
Smallest (RBC)!!!
Comma CB

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  1. Iodamoeba butschlii’s cyst?
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Mononucleated!!!

Large I2 stained glycogen vacuole!!!

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  1. Example of confuser?
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Blastocystis butschlii

  • Protozoan, cyst-like pathogen
  • large hollow vacuole!!!
  • 2-4 peripheral nuclei!!!
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  1. Examples of flagellates?
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Atrial (lumen-dwelling)
-Trichomonas species
-Gardia lamblia
Hemoflagellates (vector-borne)

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  1. Gardia lamblia’s trophozoite?
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Binucleated
Pear-shaped!!!
4 pairs of flagella
Axostyle/axonema-bilateral image and symmetry
Ventral sucking discs-increase mucous production-blocks absorption of nutrients-causes steatorrhea-increased fats in feces

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  1. Gardia lamblia’s cyst?
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IS: tetranucleated

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