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PROTOZOA Flashcards

1
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equipped with locomotory organelle

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Sarcodina/Amoeba

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types of Intestinal Amoeba

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 E. histolytica
 E. dispar
 E. coli
 E. pollecki
 E. hartmanni
 E. gingivalis
 Endolimax nana
 T. butschii

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the only pathogenic (can cause amoebiasis)

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E. histolytica

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4
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TROPHOZOITE ONLY (no cystic stage)

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E. gingivalis

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types of Free Living Amoeba

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 Naegleria fowler
 Acanthamoeba

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6
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Opportunistic Amoeba

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Free Living Amoeba

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7
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can reach the brain and can be found everywhere

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Free Living Amoeba

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8
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Infective stage (in cases of E. gingivalis it can’t infect since it has trophozoite only)

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Cystic stage

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9
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Vegetative state

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“feeding stage”

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10
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Vegetative state – “feeding stage”

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Trophozoite

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11
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Active state

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“infective stage”

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12
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Active state – “infective stage”

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Cyst

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13
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(penetrates the intestinal wall)

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Tissue invader

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14
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Tissue invader (penetrates the intestinal wall)

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Trophozoite

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15
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(no capability to penetrate)

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Non-tissue invader

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Non-tissue invader (no capability to penetrate)

17
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(sensitive to water)

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Susceptible to damage

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Susceptible to damage (sensitive to water)

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Trophozoite

19
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(cyst is covered with thick cell wall)

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Resistant to damage

20
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Resistant to damage (cyst is covered with thick cell wall)

21
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Can only be stained with permanent stain

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Trophozoite

22
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Can be stained by iodine

23
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Motile (pseudopods)

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Trophozoite

24
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Immotile

25
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Larger as compared to cyst

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Trophozoite

26
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Smaller as compared to trophozoite

27
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Uninucleated

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Trophozoite

28
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Can be multinucleated

29
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Watery feces

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Trophozoite

30
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Usually in formed feces

31
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ex. of Permanent Stain

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Iron hematoxylin, Trichome stain and Giemsa stain

32
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(commonly used in the hospital)

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Giemsa stain

33
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(transitory stage prior to excystation)

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Excystation

34
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Cyst to Trophozoite

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Metastatic trophozoite

35
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(transitory stage prior to encystment)

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Encystation

36
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Trophozoite to Cyst

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Precyst (possess more than 1 nuclei)

PARA 2 (FINALS) (10 decks)

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