Module 12- Part 3: Multicellular Pathogens Flashcards
What is the term for parasitic worms?
Helminth
What is the term for having 2 seperate, distinct sexes?
Dioecious
What is the term for having only one sex/being hermaphroditic?
Monoecious
What are the two types of helminths?
Platyhelminthes and nematodes
What is the phylum name for flatworms?
Platyhelminthes
What are the two classes of platyhelminthes?
Trematodes and tapeworks
What is the common name for trematodes?
Flukes
Are trematodes monoecious or dioecious?
Monoecious
How does someone become infected with trematodes?
Undercooked fish, plants, or contact with animals
What medication paralyzes suckers in trematodes so that they can be flushed out?
Praziquantel
What is the common name for tapeworms?
Cestodes
What is the head portion of a tapeworm called?
Scolex
What are the rectangular sections of a tapeworm that contain ovaries and testes?
Proglottids
What type of helminth causes taeniasis?
Tapeworms/cestodes
What is the scientific name for the tapeworm that can grow up to 10 meters and “steals your nutrients?”
Taenia saginata
Measly beef contains what organism?
Taenia saginata
What is the common name for nematodes?
Roundworms
What are the 3 species of roundworms?
Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris lumbricoides, and Trichinella spiralis
What is the scientific name for the dioecious pinworm that causes enterobiasis?
Enterobius vermicularis
What species of nematode can be found using the Graham sticky tape method?
Enterobius vermicularis
What is the term used to describe female pinworms migrating out of the anus in the evening?
Pruritus ani
What is the scientific name of the large roundworm that cause ascariasis who’s eggs can survive for up to 10 years in soil and who’s female can produce up to 200,000 eggs per day?
Ascaris lumbricoides
What is the scientific name for the species that causes trichinellosis/trichinosis?
Trichinella spiralis
What species passes through the intestinal wall and invades muscle tissue, lungs, and can enter the brain?
Trichinella spiralis
What phylum causes solely vector-borne illness?
Arthropoda
What class contains spiders, scorpions, and ticks?
Arachnida
What class contains flies and lice?
Insecta
What is the scientific name for head lice?
Pediculosis capitis
What is the term for a lice egg?
Louse nit
What is the scientific name for crab lice?
Phthirus pubis
Where is Phthirus pubis commonly found?
Pubic hair, eyelashes, and beard hair
What is the scientific name for body lice?
Pediculus hemanus corporis
What is the term for “infestation by lice?”
Pediculosis
What is the term that refers to the infestation of human tissue with fly larvae?
Myiasis
What is the organism that is commonly known as the human bot fly and injects its larvae under the human skin?
Dermatobia hominis
How do you treat Dermatobia hominis?
By blocking spiracles or by surgical removal
