Quiz 2 Questions Flashcards
- What are the life cycle stages of Platyhelminthes in order?
a) Egg, Miracidium, Rediae, Metacercariae, Sporocyst, Cercariae
b) Egg, Miracidium, Sporocyst, Rediae, Cercariae, Metacercariae
c) Egg, Rediae, Miracidium, Sporocyst, Cercariae, Metacercariae
Egg, sporocyst, Radiae, Miracidium, Cercariae, Metacercariae
b) Egg, Miracidium, Sporocyst, Rediae, Cercariae, Metacercariae
What animal is usually the intermediate host of a Plathyhelminthes?
Snail/molluscs
Eating what contaminated aquatic vegetable can lead to an infection of Fasciolepsis buski, the Giant Intestinal Fluke?
Water chestnuts
What is the type of symmetry of nematodes?
Bilateral symmetry
What is the definitive host of Polystoma intergerrimum?
a) Humans
b) Dogs
c) Mice
d) Frogs
d) frogs
The pinworm has how many hosts in its life cycle?
One
List 2 parasites that can be treated with Praziquantel (Latin names)
Clonorchis sinensis
Paragonimus westermani
How do schistosomes get into the human host?
Penetrate skin of human in water
What are the two stages in the development of trematodes that are free living?
a) Eggs, rediae
b) Miracidium, cercariae
c) Eggs, miracidium
d) Metacaercariae, sporocyst
b) Miracidium, cercariae
What is a prohaptor?
Attachment organ with hooks at posterior end of body
Where does mature Fasciola hepatica reside inside the host?
Bile ducts
What is the habitat of the adult form of Taenia solium?
Intestine of humans
True or False
Tapeworms (cestodes) have an anus and a mouth
False
What species of nematode commonly infects children and causes itchiness?
Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)
Name three species of tapeworms
Taenia solium
Taenia saginata
Cysticercus solium
Cysticercus bovis
What causes cysticerosis
Cysticerus solium
Class Termatoda:
a) Most common and abundant parasitic worms of all classes of vertebrates
b) At least two hosts
c) Parasitize nearly every organ in vertebrate body
d) A and C only
All of the above
e) all of the above
Define miracidium
Ciliated, free-swimming larva
The suckers in Class Trematoda are well-developed in intestine parasited to be attached to the organ. Mention the three types of the well-developed suckers.
Monostome
Amphystome
Distome
What is the species name of the sheep liver fluke? Where does the parasite reside?
Fasciola hepatica
Bile ducts
What is the most suitable freshwater fish host of Clonorchis sinensis?
Pseudorasbora parva
How does the scolex of Taenia solium (pork) differ from the scolex of T. saginata (beef)?
Taenia saginata does not have any hooks
Taenia solium has circular row of hooks
It is possible to distinguish the eggs of T. solium from the eggs of T. saginata. (True/False)
False
Chonorchis sinensisis a member of which phylum and class?
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
What life stage of Fasciolopsis buskiis found attached to the water chestnut?
a) egg
b) metacercaria
c) miracidium
d) cercaria
e) adult
b) metacercaria
_____ cestodes have a single proglottid. _____ cestodes have more than one proglottid.
Monozoic
Polyzoic
Why does Echinococcus granulosuscause so many more problems for humans than other cestodes?
Localize in different organs (cysts in liver, lung, bones, and sometimes, brain) and form hydatid cysts, which can be up to 30cm, which may contain larvae.
Cysts cause variety of problems and need to be surgically removed, like a tumour.
Which animal serves as an intermediate or paratenic host of Dioctophyme renale?
a) annelid
b) cat
c) copepod
d) crustacean
e) all of the above
a) annelid
Describe what traumatic insemination is and name one species that does it.
Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm) Following mating, male dies
Why are pinworms, for the most part, common in children (why is it easier for them to get re-infected)?
Children will put their hands in their mouth after scratching their anus
How do flatworms respire?
Respire by diffusion
What serves as a reservoir of infection for Clonorchis sinensis
Carnivorous animals, such as humans
Beef tapeworm T. saginata has ____ suckersbut no ____ or ____
Four
Hooks
Neck
What is the common name of Dirofilaria immitis?
Canine or dog heartworm
What is the most prevalent hookworm infection?
Ancylostomiasis
What is the taxonomic name for the guinea worm?
a) Loa loa
b) Wucheria bancrofti
c) Dracunculus medinensis
d) Dirofilaria immitis
c) Dracunculus medinesis
Hookworms are able to transmit their larvae through mammary glands. True or false?
True
What species causes Onchocerciasis aka riverblindness?
a) Onchocerca bancrofti
b) Onchocerca volvulus
c) Onchocerca loa
d) Onchocerca immitis
b) Onchocerca valvulus
The bodies of most tapeworms consist of a chain of ____.
Proglottids
What are the 3 classes of phylum platyhelminthes?
Monogenea, Trematoda (flukes), and Cestoda (tapeworms)
Polystoma integerrimum is more commonly known as what?
Frog bladder fluke
Taenia saginata is a parasite humans acquire from:
a) Pork
b) Fish
c) Beef
d) Chicken
c) Beef
What is the definitive host of Taenia solium?
Humans
What is the difference between monostome and amphystome?
Monostome: only one oral sucker
Amphystome: has oral sucker and acetabulum at posterior end of the body
How is Paragonimus westermani treated and prevented?
Praziquantel
Adequate cooking of crustaceans is a preventative measure, and improving sanitary conditions in endemic areas
What are some of the symptoms of Eleocharis dulcis (Chinese water chestnut) infection?
Epigastric pain, nausea and diarrhea, edema, ascites
How are animals infected with Trichinella spiralis?
Animals are infected when they ingest infective larvae (juveniles) in raw or undercooked meat
What is the infective stage of Strongyloides stercoralis?
Larvae, penetrating through skin
What is the scientific name for the oriental liver fluke?
Clonorchis sinesis
What is the scientific name for the Chinese water chestnut?
Eleocharis dulcis
What class do tapeworms belong to?
Cestoidea
What is the name of the head-like structure used by tapeworms to attach to their hosts?
Scolex
At which end of a tape worm would you find the most newly formed proglottid?
Proximal end
Class _____ is the most common and abundant class of parasitic worms of all classes of vertebrates
Trematoda
What larval stage is responsibly for transmission from host to host in Monogenea parasites?
Oncomiracidium
Clonorchis sinensis is most commonly found in:
a) India
b) South Korea
c) China
d) Canada
c) CHina
What are the two subclasses of Cestoidea?
Cestodaria
Eucestoda
How is the diagnosis of Cysticercosis confirmed?
Recovery of eggs or proglottids in stool or from perianal area
What drug is used to treat Trichuris trichiura, or whipworm?
Mebendazole
How do pinworms mate?
Traumatic insemination
What causes Cochin-China diarrhea?
Strongyloides stercoralis (Threadworm)
What parasite causes river blindness?
Onchocerca volvulus
What is the correct order of the stages of the digene larvae life cycle (Phylum Platyhelminthes; Class Trematoda) including the egg?
Egg, miracidium, sporocyst, redia, cercaria, metacerceria, adult trematode
What phylum comprises the simplest animals that are both bilaterally symmetrical and triploblastic?
Nematoda
In subclass Eucestoda (Tapeworms), when is the definitivehost infected?
a. Definitive host ingests the promastigote stage in the intermediate host.
b. Definitive host ingests the metacestode stage in the intermediate host.
c. Definitive host ingests the polyzoicstage in the intermediate host.
d. Definitive host ingests the mature larval stage in the intermediate host.
b. Definitive host ingests the metacestode stage in the intermediate host.
Name 2 causative agents of hydatid cysts (Species names).
Echinococcus granulosus
Echinococcus multilocularis
What types of drugs are used to treat infection fromAscaris lumbricoides(Large intestinalroundworm)?
Mebendazole, Nitazoxanide, and ivermectin, bind to tubulin in worm’s intestinal cells and body wall muscles
Which parasite is responsible for causing Cysticercosis (Latin name)?
Cysticercus solium
Which of the following statements is false?
A) Nematodes can be found in the deep ocean
B) Unlike most parasites, male Nematodes must compete for a mate
C) Female Nematodes can produce eggs without fertilization
D) Both male and female Nematodes can live in the human kidneys
E) Nematodes do not have round muscles, only longitudinal
F) All of the above statements are true
B) Unlike most parasites, male Nematodes must compete for a mate
D. renale can be found in the ____ of the human host, and the most effective treatment for this parasite is _____.
Kidney
Surgical removal
Which of the following statements is false?
A) Immature tape worms are referred to as metacestodes and the sexually matured tapeworm is found in the small intestine
B) The definitive host is the animal to which the tapeworm reaches sexual maturity, infection of the definitive host is much harder to treat than infection of the intermediate host
C) Different species of tape worms can be characterised by the number of proglottids
D) T. solium and T. saginata are known as the pork and beef tape worm respectively
E) When hunting deer, it is important to cook the meat thoroughly to avoid deer liver fluke infection
F) Both B and E are incorrect
F) Both B and E are correct
From the parasites we discussed, which of the following foods, when eaten raw, provide a significant risk? A) Fresh water fish B) Deer liver C) Salt water fish D) Chestnuts
A) Fresh water fish
Define tripoblastic
Having a body derived from three embryonic cell layers (ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm)
The sexually mature form of the tapeworm is found in the
a) Midgut of flies
b) Definitive host
c) Intermediate host
d) Metacestodes
b) Definitive host
Ancylostoma duodenale is commonly caused by
a) Eating raw meat
b) Walking barefoot in contaminated areas
c) Eating raw fish
d) Eating raw snails
b) Walking barefoot in contaminated areas
Schistosomes are also knows as…
a) Blood flukes
b) Oriental liver fluke
c) Chinese fluke
d) Lung fluke
a) blood flukes
How do you diagnose schistosomiasis?
Recovering eggs in urine or stool
Unlike Class Digenea, Class Monogenea :
a) Have complex life cycles specialized for parasitism in animal tissues
b) Have direct life-cycle with no asexual reproduction
c) Are in one of the major taxon of flukes
d) Both B and C
b) Have direct life-cycle with no asexual reproduction
Are all species of the class Trematoda (Digenea) parasitic?
Yes
Which class of Platyhelminthes is/are hermaphrodited?
Trematoda, Monogenea
What is not a class of phylum Plathyhelminthes?
a) Trematoda
b) Monogenea
c) Cestoda
d) Hepatica
d) Hepatica
What is the geographical location of the parasite Fascioclopsis buski?
a) Eastern and southern Africa
b) Northern and western Africa
c) Central and southeast Asia
d) Northwest Asia
c) Central and southeast Asia
Platyhelminthes have:
a) Radial symmetry
b) Asymmetry
c) Bilateral symmetry
d) Biradial symmetry
c) Bilateral symmetry
What is the scientific name for Threadworm
a) Cetonia aurata
b) Strongyloides stercoralis
c) Echinorhynchus salmonis
d) Macrocanthorhynchus hirudinaceus
b) Strongyloides stercoralis
How far and fast can a Dracunulus medinensis, Guinea worm, be removed from the human body?
Treatment includes the extraction of the adult guinea worm by rolling it a few centimeters per day
What is the common vector for Wuchereria bancrofti and Wuchereria malayi (Common name)?
Mosquitoes
How much blood does Hirudo medicinalis ingest while feeding?
a) 20-30 ml
b) 1-4 ml
c) 10-15 ml
d) 5-7 ml
c) 10-15 ml