Protozoans Part 3 Flashcards
What three types of reproduction does malaria have
gemetogeny, sporogony, and schiogony
What life form of the malaria attaches to the stomach wall of the mosquito
gametes
What are made by the malaria when attached to the mosquito stomach wall
sporosites
Where do the malaria spores go in the human body, and what do they form there?
The go to a cell of the liver, and make shizonts
What do shizonts do
they are pirated liver cells, turning them into factories for making merozoites
The point of making malarial trophozites
To burst open RBCs, causing fever of the host, attracting moquitos
What is a rarely made product of the shizont when it attacks a RBC
gametocytes
Name 3 things that are significant about the excavata
- Both heterotrophic and autotrophic
- Has a paraflagellar body
- Pigments by flagellum that detect light
Two characteristics of rhizaria
long skinny pseudopods
shells made from calcium carbonate or silica
What is a trophozoite
An infected blood cell that becomes a factory for merozoite production
What are merozoites
Schizonts that can hunt and survive in the blood looking to infect RBCs
Which group of protozoans have silica shells?
Rhizopods
