NEMATODES Flashcards
GIANT ROUNDWORM
ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES
WHIPWORM
TRICHURIS TRICHURIA
HOOKWORMS
NECATOR AMERICANUS
ANCYCLOSTOMA DUODUNALE
THREADWORM
STRONYLOIDES STERNOCOLARIS
PINWORM
ENTEROBIAS VERNICULARIS
MOST COMMON SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTH
ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES
POLYMYARIAN NEMATODES
ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES
SOMATIC MUSCLE ARRANGEMENT IN WHICH CELLS ARE NUMEROUS & PRJECT WELL INTO BODY CAVITY
POLYMYARIAN
SOMATIC MUSCLES IN CROSS SECTION CELL ARE SMALL & NUMEROUS & CLOSELY PACKED IN NARROW ZONE
HOLOMYARIAN
2-5 CELLS ARRANGED PER DORSAL OR VENTRAL HALS
MEROMYARIAN TYPE
MEROMYARIAN NEMATODES
HOOKWORMS
ENTEROBIAS VERNICULARIS
HOLOMYARIAN NEMATODES
TRICHURIS TRICHURIA
CA OF ENTEROBIASIS OR OXYURIASIS
ENTEROBIUS VERNICULARIS
ENTEROBIUS VERNICULARIS CAUSES
PERIANAL ITCHING OR PRURITIS ANI
NATURAL HOST OF CAPILLARIA PHILIPPINENSIS
FISH-EATING BIRDS
SUPPRESS LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION
PHOSPHORYCHOLINE
IS OF ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES
EMBRYONATED EGG
PHASE OF ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES
HEPATO-TRACHEAL MIGRATION PHASE
MOST FREQUENT COMPLAINT WITH ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES INFECTION
VAGUE ABDOMINAL PAIN
TX OF A. LUMBRICOIDES
ANTIHELMINTHICS
IVERMECTIN
NITAZOXANIDE
HOW CAN WE MINIMIZE REACTION OF DEWORMING
DEWORMING IS DONE AFTER MEAL
FEMALE ASCARIS LAY EGGS
200,000 EGGS PER DAY
ADULT WORM OF A. LUMBRICOIDES PRODUCE WHAT IN ORDER TO PROTECT IT FROM DIGESTION
PEPSIN INHIBITOR 3 (PI 3)
TRICHURIS TRICHURIA INHABIT
CECUM & COLON
A. LUMBRICOIDES RESIDE IN
MUCOSA OF SI ( DO NOT ATTACH)
FEMALE T. TRICHURIA LAY EGGS
3,000-10,000 EGGS PER DAY
TRICHURIS TRICHURIA SECRETE WHAT THAT ALLOW IMBEDMENT OF ITS ENTIRE WHIP-LIKE PORTION TO THE INTESTINAL WALL
PORE FORMING PROTEIN (TT47)
DOES T. TRICHURIA HAVE HEART-LUNG MIGRATION
NO
AVERAGE LIFE SPAN OF T. TRICHURIA
2 YEARS
SYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS WITH T. TRICHURIA INFECTION
OVER 5,000 EGGS/GRAM OF FECES
OVER 800 WORMS IN CHILDREN CAN CAUSE
ANEMIA
DOC FOR T. TRICHURIA INFECTION
MEBENDAZOLE
BETTER CURE THAN ALBENDAZOLE FOR T. TRICHURIA INFECTION
ALBENDAZOLE + IVERMECTIN
IT IS THE BLOOD SUCKING NEMATODES THAT ATTACHES TO MUCOSA OF SI
NECATOR AMERICANUS
ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE
HOOKWORMS HAVE WHAT
BUCCAL CAPSULE
BUCCAL CAPSULE OF N. AMERICANUS HAS
VENTRAL PAIR OF SEMILUNAR CUTTING PLATES
BUCCAL CAPSULE OF A. DUODENALE
2 PAIRS OF CURVED VENTRAL TEETH
WHICH IS LARGER IN HOOKWORM
ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE
THE ____ STAGE IS INDISTINGUISHABLE FOR BOTH HOOKWORMS
RHABDITIFORM LARVAE
HOOKWORMS LARVAE RESEMBLES
STRONYLOIDES STERCOLARIS
IS OF HOOKWORMS
FILARIFORM LARVA (L3)
PATHOGENIC INVOLVEMENT OF HOOKWORMS
SKIN :AT SITE OF ENTRY
LUNG: DURING MIGRATION
SI :HABITAT OF ADULT WORM
DURING PENETRATION OF HOOKWORMS IT CAUSES
MACULOPAPULAR LESIONS & LOCALIZED ERYTHEMA
IS OF STRONGYLOIDES STERCOLARIS
FILARIFORM LARVAE
DIAGNOSIS OF STRONGYLOIDES STERCOLARIS
BAELE’S STRING TEST
HEAVY INFECTION OF S. STERCOLARIS CAUSING WATERY & BLOODY STOOL
COCHIN CHINA DIARRHEA
DIAGNOSTIC TEST FOR ENTEROBIUS VERNICULARIS
GRAHAM’S SCOTCH ADHESIVE TAPE SWAB
ONLY NEMATODE THAT CANNOT BE CONTROLLED THRU SANITARY DISPOSAL OF HUMAN FECES
ENTEROBIUS VERNICULARIS
RHABDITIFORM LARVA OF ENTEROBIAS VERNICULARIS
ESOPHAGEAL BULB BUT NO CUTICULAR EXPANSION
THE TRANSLUCENT SHELL EGG OF E. VERNICULARIS HAS AN OUTER TRIPLE ALBUMINOUS COVERING, FUNCTION OF IT IS FOR
MECHANICAL PROTECTION
THE INNER EMBRYONIC LIPOIDAL MEMBRANE OF E. VERNICULARIS EGGS IS FOR
CHEMICAL PROTECTION
ESOPHAGUS OF CAPILLARIA PHILIPPINENSIS THAT HAS ROWS OF SECRETORY CELLS IS CALLED
STICHOCYTES
ENTIRE ESOPHAGEAL STRUCTURE OF C. PHILIPPINENSIS IS CALLES
STICHOSOME
ITS EGG IS PEANUT-SHAPED WITH STRIATED SHELL & BIPOLAR PLUGS
CAPILLARIA PHILIPPINENSIS
HUMAN ARE ACCIDENTAL HOST OF C. PHILIPPINENSIS. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE