Worms Flashcards

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1
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Class turbellaria are?

A

Free living planaria and nocturnal saprophore

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2
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Class Cestodia are?

A

Parasitic tape worms

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3
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What attaches to host in parasitic tape worms?

A

Scolex

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4
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Where are eggs released in class Cestodia?

A

In feces

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5
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Organisms in class Trematods are?

A

Parasitic blood flukes

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What do organisms in class Trematods cause?

A

Schistosomiasis

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What is the secondary host of class Trematods? 
What is the primary host?
A

Secondary host ->snails

Primary host -> larger make surrounds female

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8
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Clonorchis are? How do you get infected?

A

Chinese liver flutes

Get infected by eating fish they have infested

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9
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What type of body cavity do organism of phylum Nematoda have?

A

Psuedocolomates, no true body cavity

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10
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What is a highly communicable disease that moves to the anus to lay eggs?

A

Pinworms

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11
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What causes trichinosis? How is it contacted?

A

Trichina spiralis

Contacted by eating encysted pork

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12
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What is caused by the filarial worm and is transmitted by the mosquito?

A

Heartwarming

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13
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What is caused by filarial worm and infests lymphatic system?

A

Elephantiasis

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14
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What is the most common worm infection in the world?

A

Ascaris

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15
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Phylum Rotifera have what type of dominate lifestyle?

A

Female dominate lifestyle

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16
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What type nerves do worms have?

A

Ladder like arrangement of nerves

17
Q

Class Trematods are?

A

Flukes

18
Q

What do flatworms possess?

A

A brain

19
Q

Round worms are?

A

psuedocolomates

20
Q

What worm do you get from eating uncooked fish?

A

Liver Flukes

21
Q

What is a parasitic worm that lives in the human rectum and moves to the anus to lay eggs which results in severe anal itching?

A

Pinworms

22
Q

What is the scolex?

A

The hook end of a flatworm