Flagellates lab

Question 1

Root of flagellum

Answer 1

Axoneme

Question 2

Support of parasite

Answer 2

Axostyle

Question 3

Connects the undulating membrane and the body of the parasite

Answer 3

Costa

Question 4

Energizing structure

Answer 4

Parabasal body/Median body

Question 5

wavelike structure that assist in motility

Answer 5

undulating membrane

Question 6

for attachment

Answer 6

ventral sucking disk

Question 7

Habitat, specimen, and size of T.tenax

Answer 7

Oral cavity; oral scrapings; small

Question 8

Habitat, specimen, and size of T. vaginalis

Answer 8

Genitalia; genital discharge; large

Question 9

Habitat, specimen, and size of T. hominis

Answer 9

Small intestines; stool; medium

Question 10

Old man with eye glasses

Answer 10

G. intestinalis, G. lamblia, or G. duodenalis

Question 11

motility of G. intestinalis troph

Answer 11

falling leaf

Question 12

Lab diagnosis of G. lamblia

Answer 12

RT-PCR, Enterotest, DFS

Question 13

mouth and 4th flagella of C. mesnili

Answer 13

curved cytostomal fibril

Question 14

shape of C. mesnili cyst

Answer 14

lemon shape or “nipple like cyst”

Question 15

Rosette shape

Answer 15

chromatin granules

Question 16

form of motility D. fragilis

Answer 16

Broad hyaline pseudopod

Question 17

has 4-6 flagella and a short undulating membrane

Answer 17

T. vaginalis troph

Question 18

has an undulating membrane, costa, axostyle, and cytostome

Answer 18

T. tenax

Question 19

All undergo encystation except:

Answer 19

T. vaginalis and D. fragilis

Question 20

All are commensal except:

Answer 20

G. lamblia, T. vaginalis, and D. fragilis