Parasitology Arthropods

Question 1

Which of the following are the stages of Complete Metamorphosis?:
-Egg/Nit
-Larva
-Nymph
-Pupa
-Imago

Answer 1

-Egg/Nit
-Larva
-Pupa
-Imago

Question 2

Which of the following are the stages of Incomplete Metamorphosis?:
-Egg/Nit
-Larva
-Pupa
-Nymph
-Imago

Answer 2

-Egg
-Nymph
-Imago

Question 3

Mechanical vs Biological Vectors:
-Passive transfer of parasites

Answer 3

Mechanical vectors

Question 4

Mechanical vs Biological Vectors:
-Active transfer of parasites

Answer 4

Biological vectors

Question 5

Mechanical vs Biological Vectors:
-NOT required for development of parasite

Answer 5

Mechanical vectors

Question 6

Mechanical vs Biological Vectors:
-Required for development of parasite

Answer 6

Biological vectors

Question 7

Insecta Physiology:
How many segments in the body?

Answer 7

3 - Head, Thorax, and Abdomen

Question 8

TRUE or FALSE:
Insecta Physiology:
Insecta have antennae

Answer 8

TRUE

Question 9

Insecta Physiology:
How many PAIRS of legs do insects have?

Answer 9

3 PAIRS (6 total legs)

Question 10

TRUE or FALSE
Insecta Physiology:
Insecta usually have wings

Answer 10

TRUE

Question 11

Which insect is responsible for killing more people that all the wars put together?

Answer 11

Mosquito

Question 12

What are mosquitos responsible for transmitting?

Answer 12

-Malaria
-microfilariae Wuchereria bancrofti
-viruses like West Nile, dengue, and yellow fever

Question 13

What fly causes African Sleeping Sickness?

Answer 13

Tsetse flies

Question 14

What are flies responsible for transmitting?

Answer 14

-African Sleeping Sickness
-Leishmania
-Entamoeba histolytica

Question 15

Scientific name for head lice

Answer 15

Pediculus humanus capitis

Question 16

Scientific name for body lice

Answer 16

Pediculus humanus corporis

Question 17

What type of life cycle do Pediculus humanus capitis and corporis go through?

Answer 17

Incomplete metamorphosis

Question 18

How are head and body lice transmitted?

Answer 18

Person to person

Question 19

What can body lice spread?

Answer 19

-epidemic typhus
-trench fever
-louse-borne relapsing fever

Question 20

Scientific name for pubic lice

Answer 20

Phthirus pubis

Question 21

What are the common names for Phthirus pubis?

Answer 21

-Pubic lice
-Crabs

Question 22

What life cycle does Phthirus pubis go through?

Answer 22

Incomplete metamorphosis

Question 23

How is pubic lice transmitted?

Answer 23

Person to person

Question 24

Where would you find Phthirus pubis?

Answer 24

-Pubic hair shaft
-eyelashes

Question 25

TRUE or FALSE: Humans are the only known host for Phthirus pubis

Answer 25

TRUE

Question 26

Scientific name for human fleas

Answer 26

Pulex irritans

Question 27

What can human fleas transmit?

Answer 27

-Murine Typhus -Bubonic Plague

Question 28

Scientific name for bed bugs

Answer 28

Cimex lectularius

Question 29

How are bed bugs attracted to their hosts?

Answer 29

-Primarily by carbon dioxide -secondarily warmth -certain chemicals

Question 30

Bed bugs are obligatory ____________

Answer 30

hematophagous

Question 31

Number of body fragments arachnida have

Answer 31

2 - thorax and abdomen

Question 32

Total number of legs arachnida have

Answer 32

8

Question 33

Scientific name for hard ticks

Answer 33

Dermacentor

Question 34

What diseases do ticks transmit? (4)

Answer 34

-Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever -Tularemia -Babesia -Lyme disease

Question 35

What can the toxin from tick saliva cause?

Answer 35

Paralysis

Question 36

Scientific name for human scabies

Answer 36

Sarcoptes scabiei

Question 37

How is Sarcoptes scabiei transmitted?

Answer 37

Person to person

Question 38

Scientific name for Brown recluse spider

Answer 38

Loxosceles reclusa

Question 39

How do you identify the Loxosceles reclusa?

Answer 39

Fiddle mark on the top of their thorax

Question 40

Symptoms of being bit by a Loxosceles reclusa

Answer 40

-Necrotizing skin lesions -Hemolytic anemia -Jaundice -Death

Question 41

Scientific name for the Black Widow spider

Answer 41

Latrodectus mactans

Question 42

Ways to identify the Latrodectus mactans

Answer 42

-Red hourglass on back or under abdomen -Red dots or triangle on top of the abdomen

Question 43

The neurotoxin of which arachnida typically causes muscle pain, cramps, nausea, and sweating?

Answer 43

Latrodectus mactans

Question 44

Common name for Latrodectus mactans

Answer 44

Black Widow Spider

Question 45

Common name for Loxosceles reclusa

Answer 45

Brown recluse spider

Question 46

Common name for Sarcoptes scabiei

Answer 46

Human scabies

Question 47

Common name for Dermacentor

Answer 47

Hard tick

Question 48

Common name for Cimex lectularius

Answer 48

Bed bugs

Question 49

Common name for Pulex irritans

Answer 49

Human fleas

Question 50

Common name for Phthirus humanus capitis

Answer 50

Head lice

Question 51

Common name for Phthirus humanus corporis

Answer 51

Body lice