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Phylum Protozoa Flashcards

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1
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The entire body of Protozoa is bounded up by what

A

Plasmalemma

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2
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Name the organnles unique to protozoa

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Contractile Vacuole
Trichocysts
Toxicyst

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3
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Protozoa move chiefly by what organnles

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Cillia
Flagella
Pseudopodia

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4
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Digestion in protozoa is by what

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Phagocytosis or Endocytosis

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5
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The most common form of protozoans are parasitic?

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Yes

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6
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Protozoans are majorly what in their feeding

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Heterotrophic and can also be saprophytic

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7
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What does the Rizopoda use for locomotion

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Pseudopodia

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8
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Meaning of Rhizopoda

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Root like foot

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9
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What is the causative agent of amoebic dysentery

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Entamoeba Histolytria

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10
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The pseudopodia for amoeba is known as what

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Lobopodia

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11
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The nutrition of Amoeba in an orderly manner

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  1. Viz
  2. Ingestion
  3. Digestion
  4. Assimilation
  5. Dissimilation
  6. Egestion
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12
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Name the sub phylum under Protista

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  1. SubPhylum Rhizopoda eg Amoeba
  2. SubPhylum Apicomplexa eg Plasmodium
  3. SubPhylum Kinetoplastisda (mastigophora) eg Euglena, trypanosomes aka flagellata
  4. SubPhylum Cillophora
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What are the special combination of structures of the SubPhylum Apicomplexa

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Polar ring
Conoid
Supellicular
Microtubules
Micronomes
Rhoptries and
Dense Granules

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What are the special structures of the SubPhylum Apicomplexa called

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Apical complex

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15
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All Apicomplexes are Endoparasites true or false

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True

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16
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SubPhylum Apicomplexa possess cillia or flagella

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False

17
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The apical complex are usually present in certain development stages like

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Merozoites and sporozoites

18
Q

The apical complex are usually present in certain development stages like

A

Merozoites and sporozoites

19
Q

What aids the penetration of the host cells and tissue in SubPhylum Apicomplexa

A

Rhoptries and micronomes

20
Q

Eg of SubPhylum Apicomplexa

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Falciparuim
Toxoplasmo gendi
Plasmodium ovale

21
Q

Sporozoites are transferred to where immediately after skin penetration

A

Liver

22
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SubPhylum Kinetoplastisda or mastigophora are characterized by the possession of what

A

Basal body

23
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SubPhylum Cillophora are parasitic or free living

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Free living

24
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SubPhylum Cillophora are unique with the possession of what

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Binucleated cytoplasm

25
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SubPhylum Apicomplexa is also known as

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Sporozoites because they form spores during sexual and asexual reproduction

26
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What is Chromatophores

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This are cup-shaped masses of
protoplasm of a green, yellow or brownish
colour, due to the presence of the pigment

27
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What is Chromatophores

A

This are cup-shaped masses of
protoplasm of a green, yellow or brownish
colour, due to the presence of the pigment:
Chlorophyll, xanthophylls, carotenes e.t.c

28
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Classes of mastigophora

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  1. Phytomastigophorea
    These are flagellates that are plant-like in that
    they possess chlorophyll

E.g Volvox, Euglena, Chlamydomonas e.t.c

  1. Zoomastigophora
    They are animal-like and lack chromatophores
29
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Eg of Zoomastigophora

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E.g. Mastigamoeba,
Trichonymphia,
trypanosoma,
leishmania

30
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Eg of Phytomastigophorea

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Volvox, Euglena, Chlamydomonas e.t.c

31
Q

This phylum constitutes the largest group of
protozoans

A

Phylum Ciliophora

32
Q

What is Ostia

A

Numerous incurrent pores that perforate the body surface of a sponge, for
which they were named porifera
Ostia are linked to inhalant canals

33
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Classes of Porifera

A

Class 1: Calcarea
Class 2: Hexactinellida
Class 3: Desmospongiae
Class 4: Sclerospongiae

34
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Phyla under the group metazoa

A

Cnidaria
Platyhelminthes
Nematoda
Annelida
Mollusca
Arthropoda
Echinodermata

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