Protozoa Flashcards
Practical 4
1
Q
- horseshoe shaped macronucleus
- trophozoite oval in shape
- cause dysentery
ciliophora
A
Balantidium Coli
Ciliophora
2
Q
- commensale, non disease causing
- cilia peritrichously to cell
ciliophora
A
Paramecium caudatum
ciliophora
3
Q
- resembles a crescent moon (trophozoite)
- cyst is round w/ little dots
- cats are reservoir
- fecal oral route
Apicomplexa
A
Toxoplasma gondii
Apicomplexa
4
Q
- HIV patients
- dysentery
- tophozoite causes infection
Apicomplexa
A
Cryptosporidium parvum
Apicomplexa
5
Q
- looks like ring inside red blood cell
- malaria infection
Apicomplexa
A
Plasmodium falciparum
Apicomplexa
6
Q
- kissing bug
- Chagas disease (texas)
Euglenozoa
A
Trypanosoma cruzi
Euglenozoa
7
Q
- causes african sleeping sickness
- fly is vector
Euglenozoa
A
Trypanosoma gambiense
Euglenozoa
8
Q
- cysts perfectly round with 1-4 nuclei
- troph is amorphous
- causes amoebic dysentery
Amoebozoa
A
Entamoeba histolytica
Amoebozoa
9
Q
- amorphous with pseudopodia
- not disease causing
- only a trophozoite
Amoebozoa
A
Entamoeba proteus
Amoebozoa
10
Q
- common name: Beaver fever
- dysentery
- Troph: 2 sucking disks that look like eyes
- cyst: oval with 4 nuclei
Archaezoa
A
Giardia lamlia
Archaezoa
11
Q
- Common name: Trich
- Clinical: strawberry cervix
- no cyst, only as troph
- moves by flagella
Archaezoa
A
Trichomonas vaginalis
