exercise 3 Flashcards
(40 cards)
Giardia lamblia size and shape (troph and cyst)
9.5-2 um
Bilaterally symmetrical pear-shaped, Ovoid/football
Chilomastix mesnili size and shape (troph and cyst)
6-20 um
Asymmetric pear, Lemon shaped with nipple- like protuberance
Trichomonas hominis size and shape
5-14 um
Pyriform
D. fragilis size and shape
3-22 um
Irregular
Trichomonas vaginalis size and shape
7-23 um
Pyriform
Leishmania donovani size and shape
2-3 um
Ovoid
Giardia lamblia # nucleus
Troph: 2
Cyst: 1-4
Chilomastix mesnili # nucleus
Troph & cyst: 1
T. hominis # nucleus
1
T. vag # nucleus
1
D. frag # nucleus
2
Giardia lamblia # flagella
4 thin, thread-like filaments
Chilomastix mesnili # flagella
3 anterior, rarely seen
T. hominis # flagella
3-5 anteriorly, 1 at undulating membrane
T. vag # flagella
4 anterior, 5th along undulating membrane
D. frag # flagella
None
Giardia lamblia troph structures
Sucking disc
Parabasal bodies
Axoneme
Giardia lamblia cyst structures
Crossed fibrils
Giardia lamblia IF
Mature quadrinucleated cysts
Chilomastix mesnili troph. structures
Food vacuoles
Spiral groove
Chilomastix mesnili cyst structures
Sheperd’s crook
T. hominis structures
Undulating membrane
T.hominis IF
Mature trophozoite
Chilomastix mesnili IF
Mature cyst