Practical 1 Flashcards
Rhoptery
invaginate cells
polar rings
squeeze connoid
Micronemes
vacuole
conoid
tapered barrel structure
subpellicular microtubules
shape cells into form that allow parasite to efficently infect hosts
tertian
48 hours, vivax, ovale
sub tertian
36 hours, falciparum
quarten
72 hours, malariae
schuffners dots
vivax, ovale
ziemann’s dots
malariae
maurer’s dots
falciparum
E.coli
8 nucleus in cysts
E. hystolytica
4 nucleus in cysts
axostyle
burrows in tissue
Suction disc (G.lambia)
attach to host epithelium cells
Trypamastigotes
kinetoplastid in front
epimastigotes
posterior kinetoplastid
promastigote
no ungellated membrane, posterior kinetoplatid
Glossina species
tsetse fly, gambiense, rhondeniense
Triatoma species
kissing bug, t.cruzi
Lutzomyia species
new world sand fly, L. donovani, L. braziliensis
Phlebotomus species
old world sand fly, L. tropica, L.donavani
Monostome
one sucker
amphistome
suckers on both ends
gasterostome
ox head, ventral and posterior suckers
Leptocercous
thin tailed
Pleurolophocercous
tail with finfold
furcocercous
forked tail
microcercous
small tail
echinostome cercaria
spiny mouth
cystopherous cercariae
no tail (trigger)
Xiphidio
stylet (pin near mouth)
opthalmo
eye spots