PROTOZOA Flashcards

1
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equipped with locomotory organelle

A

Sarcodina/Amoeba

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2
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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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3
Q

the only pathogenic (can cause amoebiasis)

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E. histolytica

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4
Q

TROPHOZOITE ONLY (no cystic stage)

A

E. gingivalis

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5
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types of Free Living Amoeba

A

 Naegleria fowler
 Acanthamoeba

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6
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Opportunistic Amoeba

A

Free Living Amoeba

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7
Q

can reach the brain and can be found everywhere

A

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)

A

Cystic stage

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9
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Vegetative state

A

“feeding stage”

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10
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Vegetative state – “feeding stage”

A

Trophozoite

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11
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Active state

A

“infective stage”

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12
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Active state – “infective stage”

A

Cyst

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13
Q

(penetrates the intestinal wall)

A

Tissue invader

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14
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Tissue invader (penetrates the intestinal wall)

A

Trophozoite

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15
Q

(no capability to penetrate)

A

Non-tissue invader

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16
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Non-tissue invader (no capability to penetrate)

A

Cyst

17
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(sensitive to water)

A

Susceptible to damage

18
Q

Susceptible to damage (sensitive to water)

A

Trophozoite

19
Q

(cyst is covered with thick cell wall)

A

Resistant to damage

20
Q

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

A

Cyst

21
Q

Can only be stained with permanent stain

A

Trophozoite

22
Q

Can be stained by iodine

A

Cyst

23
Q

Motile (pseudopods)

A

Trophozoite

24
Q

Immotile

A

Cyst

25
Q

Larger as compared to cyst

A

Trophozoite

26
Q

Smaller as compared to trophozoite

A

Cyst

27
Q

Uninucleated

A

Trophozoite

28
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Can be multinucleated

A

Cyst

29
Q

Watery feces

A

Trophozoite

30
Q

Usually in formed feces

A

Cyst

31
Q

ex. of Permanent Stain

A

Iron hematoxylin, Trichome stain and Giemsa stain

32
Q

(commonly used in the hospital)

A

Giemsa stain

33
Q

(transitory stage prior to excystation)

A

Excystation

34
Q

Cyst to Trophozoite

A

Metastatic trophozoite

35
Q

(transitory stage prior to encystment)

A

Encystation

36
Q

Trophozoite to Cyst

A

Precyst (possess more than 1 nuclei)