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W7- Phylum Nematoda Flashcards

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Phylum Nematoda characteristics

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1mm-1m
Bilateral symmetry.
elongated, cylindrical, unsegmented w/ tampering ends
abundant in soil (geohelminth) move by contracting muscles
sexual dimorphism- M shorter than F
3 layer cuticle, hydrostatic skeleton:
1) tough outer cuticle(smooth)
2) middle layer= hypodermic
3) inner later= somatic muscular layer
body cavity= pseudocele (fluid-filled (incomplete coelum) that contains the intestine and reproductive organs.)
Nematodes lack a true coelom

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what is Phylum Nematoda

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round worms

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What are the 3 structural groups?

what is a Coelom?

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1) acoelomata (no coelom/ body cavity) e.g flat worms
2) pseudocoelomate (partial coelom) e.g round worms
3) eucoelomata (true coelom) e.g arthropods. most complex

Coelom= fluid-filled cavity lined by mesoderm.

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2 types of embryonic development

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1) protostomes: blastopore becomes mouth -determined development, stops growth (in simpler invertebrates)
2) deuterosomes: blastopore become anus- indeterminate development, doesn’t stop growing (forms a whole organism- humans)

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Phylum Nematoda systems

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Digestive: complete= mouth> esophagus> intestine
Excretory: lateral ducts that run longitudinally down either side of body
Nervous: dorsal and ventral nervous cord
Reproduction sexual: males shorter than females, males= hooked posterior and w/ pair of copulatory spicules.

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what group does Phylum Nematoda belong to

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Ecdysozoa = group of
protostome animals
3 layered cuticle, which is molted as they grow= ecdysis.

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what is Ascaris lumbricoides known as?

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Giant round worm

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Ascaris lumbricoides Transmission

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its a geohelminth (soil- transmitted)

eggs are passed in the feces of infected person

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Ascaris lumbricoides cause

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ascariasis- often in children =abdominal pain)

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Ascaris lumbricoides morphology

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female: 20-40mm
male: 15-30mm
Ant end= mouth w/ 3 lips
Posterior end male= curved ventrally, forms hook +carries 2 copulatory spiracles (needle like mating structures) posterior end of female = straight and conical.

EGG: light brown, has rough surface due to bile

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Ascaris lumbricoides life-cycle

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1Female produces eggs which are passed with faeces on fertilised eggs equals ineffective noninfective, fertilised egg develops into infective

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Ascaris lumbricoides life-cycle

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1) adult worms in SI,
2) unfertilised egg- not infective, within fertilised egg in soil develops a rhabditiform larva
3) human ingest F/w contaminated w/ embryonated egg.
4) rhabditiform larva (L3) hatches in duodenum. Invades intestinal mucosa of SI, uses circulation to reach lungs.
5) Mature in lungs, penetrates alveolar wall, up bronchial tree to reach throat then swallowed to reach SI

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Ascaris lumbricoides infective stage

Diagnostic stage

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IS: embryon. egg w/ rhabdiform larva

DS: the eggs in the feces.

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why do they go to Lungs

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they need o2 for respiration

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what are Enterobius vermicularis known as?

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pin worm

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what are Enterobius vermicularis known as?

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pin worm

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Enterobius vermicularis habitat

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SI (cecum, appendix+ prox jejumum)

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Enterobius vermicularis Morphology

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Female:8-13mm
Male: 2-5mm
white, small. thin pointed pin-like tail. male tail= curved, female tail= elongated,streched
male has copulatory spicule on post end
on anterior, winglike projections for attachment to intestinal mucosa.

EGG: colourless, not bile stained, oval

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Enterobius vermicularis Morphology

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Female:8-13mm
Male: 2-5mm
white, small. thin pointed pin-like tail. male tail= curved, female tail= elongated,streched
male has copulatory spicule on post end
on anterior, winglike projections for attachment to intestinal mucosa.
has an oesophageal bulb(post) contraction important form attachment to intestinal wall.

EGG: colourless, not bile stained, oval

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Enterobius vermicularis transmission

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> Ingestion embryon. eggs containing Larva by F/W,, can be airborne and inhaled as they are very small
Auto-infection- ingestion of eggs due to scratching of perianal area infection from anus to mouth
Retro infection eggs laid on perianal skin immediately hatch into inf lava +migrate to anus develop into worms in colon.infection from anus to colon

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Enterobius vermicularis life-cycle

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1) Gravid female lays embryon. eggs on perianal fold. eggs are ingested by human host.
2) larvae hatch in the SI. Adults in caecum
3) gravid females migrate nocturnally to outside the anus and lay eggs

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Enterobius vermicularis host

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only humans

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What happens after fertilisation of Enterobius vermicularis?
what does it feed on?

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Male dies

feeds on intestinal mucosa and blood

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what is Trichuris trichiura known as?

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whipworm,

trichocephalus trichiurus

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Trichuris trichiura Transmission

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fecal-oral, eggs deposited in the soil (geohelmith), eggs can be ingested by contaminated hands F/W are infected

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Trichuris trichiura cause

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causes trichuriasis

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Trichuris trichiura habitat

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lrg intestine- adults attached to lumen of cecum

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Trichuris trichiura infective form

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embryonated eggs w/ rhabditiform larva

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Trichuris trichiura infective form

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embryonated eggs

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Trichuris trichiura morphology

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male=30-45mm
female= 40-50mm
male post is coiled, female post is not due to uterus being filled w/ egg so can't coil.
narrow anteriorly (threadlike), thick posterior part.

EGG: brown, bile-stained, lemon shaped. have pole covered by thick wall. they have bipolar protuberance, and is covered by thick 4 layered wall.

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Trichuris trichiura morphology

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male=30-45mm
female= 40-50mm
male post is coiled, female post is not due to uterus being filled w/ egg so can't coil.
narrow anteriorly (threadlike), thick posterior part.

EGG: brown, bile-stained, lemon shaped. have pole covered by thick wall. they have bipolar protuberance, and is covered by thick 4 layered wall.

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how does Trichuris trichiura attach to host

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attach to host intestinal mucosa through slender ant end and feed on tissue secretion+ blood

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how does Trichuris trichiura attach to host?

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attach to host intestinal mucosa through slender ant end and feed on tissue secretion+ blood

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what are Trichinella spiralis known as?

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trichina worm

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Trichinella spiralis cause

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trichinellosis

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Trichinella spiralis Host

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Optimum host: Pig.
Alternate host: Man.

it uses its host as a def and then an inter as well (biohelminth)

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Trichinella spiralis transmission

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ingestion of undercooked meat containing encysted larvae

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Trichinella spiralis morphology

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Females= 2.2 mm
males= 1.2 mm
small white worm
Ant. body= thin+pointed, adapted for borrowing into mucosal epithelium.
Post end of male= pair clusters used to hold female while mating
Female worm= viviparous and discharges larva instead of eggs
they paralyse muscle cells- produces new cells- cancer

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Trichinella spiralis infective form

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encysted larva in muscle of pigs

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Trichinella spiralis life cycle

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1) ingestion of undercooked meat containing encysted larvae
2) digestive enzymes result in cyst releasing larvae in SI
3) they invade bowel mucosa where they develop into adult worms.
4) females release larvae that migrate to striated muscles where they encyst

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Trichinella spiralis habitat

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buried deeply in mucosa of SI in big, bear, rat, human

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how to get slide of Enterobius vermicularis eggs

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use scotch tape around anus skin to get eggs to stick to tape
place on slide

43
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Strongyloides stercoralis cause

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strongyloidiasis

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Strongyloides stercoralis transmission

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Penetration of skin by filariform lather when peas person walks barefoot.
Soil-transmitted helminth

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Strongyloides stercoralis morphology

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smallest
Female=2.2mm, ovoviviporous uterus has thin walled transparent ovoid eggs. ant 1/3=esophagus, post 2/3= intestines
males= 1.2 mm, shorter+broader, has spicules (copulation)
thin and transparent.

filariform larva has notched tail

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Strongyloides stercoralis host

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humans can be cats, dogs

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Strongyloides stercoralis habitat

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SI (duodenum, jejunum)

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Strongyloides stercoralis infective stage

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filariform larva

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Strongyloides stercoralis life cycle

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1) Rhabditiform larvae passed in stool of infected host either infective filariform larvae (direct development) or free-living adult worms that mate and produce embryon eggs from which rhabditiform larvae hatch and eventually become infective filariform (L3) larvae
2) Filariform larvae penetrate human skin and migrate to SI where they become adults.
3) Parasitic adult remain in SI.
4) eggs deposited in intestinal mucosa. rabitiform larva hatch + migrate to intestinal lumen.

Autoinfection: Rhabditiform larvae in lrg intestine become filariform + penetrate intestinal mucosa and migrate to other organs

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types of autoinfection Strongyloides stercoralis

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external: rhaditiform larva mature into filariform during passage to gut- larva causes reinfection by penetrating perianal area
internal: rhaditiform larva mature into filariform in bowel. larva penetrate the deeper layers of intestine

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what is Ancylostoma duodenale known as

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Hookworm

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Ancylostoma duodenale cause

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intestinal hookworm
attach to capillary beds in
the SI, they suck blood
resulting in anemia

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Ancylostoma duodenale host

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humans

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Ancylostoma duodenale morphology

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  • male= 8-11 mm copulatory bursa at post =three lobes for reproduction
  • females= 10-13 mm
    Ant= dorsally curved (hook)

EGG: not bile stained, colourless

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Ancylostoma duodenale habitat

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duodenum+ SI of human

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Ancylostoma duodenale infective form

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3rd stage filariform larva

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Ancylostoma duodenale life cycle

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geohelminth

1) eggs past with faeces rhabditiform larvae hatches in soil it develops into filariform larva– two molts
2) filariform larva penetrate skin carried through the blood vessels to the heart+ lungs. (for o2- aerobic resp)
3) then reach pharynx+ are swallowed. settle in SI + develop into adult worms (2 molts)
4) Adult worms reside in SI and copopulate

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Ancylostoma duodenale digestive system and mouth

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Has bucca capsule.
6 sharp Chitnis teeth (4 ventral, 2 dorsal) at base there are glands secreting enzymes anticoagulant and hemolytic activity (prevent clotting and allows break down of RBCs)

attaches to intestinal mucosa using teeth. it cuts and feeds on blood

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What’s Oviparous, Ovoviviparous and Viviparous?

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> Oviparous- young develop and hatch from eggs laid outside of mothers body e.g birds
Ovoviviparous- young develop +hatch from eggs within uterus, mother gives birth to live young e.g sharks
Viviparous- young develops directly inside mother+ she gives birth to live young e.g mammals

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