Parasites

Question 1

List 3 types of ectoparasites

Answer 1

Lice
Mites
Ticks

Question 2

List 3 types of protozoal parasites

Answer 2

Entamoeba histolytica
Giardia intestinalis
Toxoplasma gondii

Question 3

Definitive host

Answer 3

Host in which parasite reaches sexual maturity

Question 4

Intermediate host

Answer 4

Host in which development occurs but parasite does not reach sexual maturity

Question 5

Paratenic host

Answer 5

Host in which parasite enters body and does not undergo development but remains infective

Question 6

Reservoir host

Answer 6

Animal which can be normally infected with a parasite that also infects people

Question 7

What kind of organism is protozoa?

Answer 7

Complex unicellular

Usually not parasitic

Question 8

What are the 3 major types of helminths?

Answer 8

Roundworms/nematodes
Tapeworms
Flukes

Question 9

What are the 3 major types of roundworm?

Answer 9

Pinworms (Enterobius vermicularis)
Ascaris
Strongyloides

Question 10

What are the 2 major types of tapeworm?

Answer 10

Echinococcus

Taenia

Question 11

What is the major fluke?

Answer 11

Schistosoma