trematodes

Question 1

Trematodes are commonly called

Answer 1

Flukes

Question 2

What shape do trematodes have

Answer 2

leaf-shaped worms, flat and fleshy

Question 3

Trematodes are all hermaphroditic, except

Answer 3

Schistosoma

Question 4

Trematodes Have _____ eggs (except for Schistosoma), which contaminate water, perpetuating the life cycle, and which are also used to diagnose infections.

Answer 4

operculated

Question 5

First intermediate hosts of trematodes are always

Answer 5

Snails

Question 6

How do you acquire Schistosoma infection?

Answer 6

Contact with water; skin penetration

Question 7

Intestinal Schistosomias is caused by

Answer 7

S. mansoni and japonicum

Question 8

How can you tell which is egg is form S. mansoni or japonicum?

Answer 8

mansoni, large lateral spine on the side of the body of egg.
Japanese tourists smooth small spine almost absent on eggs,

Question 9

How is the shape of the S. haamatobium ova??

Answer 9

contains a large terminal spine

Question 10

S. haamatobium symptoms

Answer 10

hematuria, and bladder cancer.

Question 11

Treatment for all trematodes is

Answer 11

Praziquantel

Question 12

Clonorchis sinensis is known as:

biliary fibrosis and cholangiocarcinoma

Answer 12

Chinese liver fluke

Question 13

How is Clonorchis sinensis tranmsitted?

Answer 13

We will eat uncooked fish.

Question 14

What diseases can be caused by Clonorchis sinensis

Answer 14

biliary fibrosis and cholangiocarcinoma. pigmented gallstones

Question 15

Chronic cough with bloody sputum is caused by which trematode?

Answer 15

Parogonimus westermonti: oriental lung fluke

Question 16

how is oriental lung fluke transmitted?

Answer 16

by consuming raw or uncooked crab meat with larvae