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[LEC] General Characteristics of Protozoans Flashcards

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COMMON HABITATS OF PROTOZOANS

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MOIST HABITATS

SEA
SOIL
FRESH WATER

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[MORPHOLOGY]
THIN OUTER LAYER

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ECTOPLASM

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[MORPHOLOGY]
VOLUMINOUS LAYER

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ENDOPLASM

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[FUNCTIONS]
ECTOPLASM

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MOVEMENT
RESPIRATION
PROCUREMENT OF FOOD
DISCHARGE METABOLIC WASTE
PROTECTION

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[FUNCTIONS]
PSEUDOPODIA

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TEMPORARY EXTENSIONS
LOCOMOTION

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[FUNCTIONS]
FLAGELLA

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TEMPORARY EXTENSIONS
LOCOMOTION

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[FUNCTIONS]
CILIA

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TEMPORARY EXTENSIONS
LOCOMOTION

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[FUNCTIONS]
UNDULATING MEMBRANE

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LATERAL EXPANSION WITH FLAGELLAR RIM
LOCOMOTION

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[FUNCTIONS]
PSEUDOPODIA

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FEEDING VIA PHAGOCYTOSIS

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[FUNCTIONS]
CYTOSOME

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CELL MOUTH
TAKES IN FOOD

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[FUNCTIONS]
CYTOPYGE

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CELL ANUS
EXCRETES UNDIGESTED PARTICLES

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[FUNCTIONS]
CYST WALL

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PROTECTION
SURVIVAL

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[FUNCTIONS]
ENDOPLASM

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METABOLISM
NUTRITION
STORAGE OF FOOD

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[FUNCTION]
VACUOLES

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OSMOREGULATORS

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ARE FRESHWATER PROTOZOANS HYPER OR HYPOTONIC

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HYPERTONIC

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HOW DO VACUOLES TAKE IN WATER

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IMBIBING
THROUGH OSMOSIS

CONTRACTILE VACUOLE COLLECTS EXCESS WATER IN THEIR CYTOPLASM AND PUMPS THEM OUT OF THE CELL

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[FUNCTIONS]
GLYCOGEN VACUOLE

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MAIN STORAGE FORM OF GLUCOSE

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COLOR OF VACUOLES WHEN STAINED WITH IODINE

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BROWN

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[FUNCTIONS]
CHROMATOIDAL BODIES OR BARS

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MAINTAIN FOOD SUPPLY

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[MORPHOLOGY]
STAINS BROWN WITH IODINE

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GLYCOGEN VACUOLE

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[COMPOSITION]
CHROMATOIDAL BODIES

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CHROMATOIDAL BODIESCRYSTALLINE RNA
RNA BINDING PROTEINS

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INCLUSIONS FOUND IN THE ENDOPLASM

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RBC
BACTERIA
INGESTED MATERIALS

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[MORPHOLOGY]
CONTAINS CHROMOSOMES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR LIFE

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[MORPHOLOGY]
TEMPORARY EXTENSIONS

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[MORPHOLOGY] DENSE GRANULAR PROTOPLASM
ENDOPLASM
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[MORPHOLOGY] SURROUNDS THE NUCLEUS
ENDOPLASM
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[MORPHOLOGY] HAS A DENSE, GRANULAR PROTOPLASM THAT SURROUNDS THE NUCLEUS
ENDOPLASM
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[MORPHOLOGY] CONTAINS CHROMOSOMES
NUCLEUS
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[MORPHOLOGY] BOUND EXTERNALLY BY A WELL DEFINED NUCLEAR MEMBRANE
NUCLEUS
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[MORPHOLOGY] HAS AN IRREGULAR DISTRIBUTION OF CHROMATIN MATERIALS
VESICULAR NUCLEUS
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[MORPHOLOGY] FIBRILS THAT RADIATE TOWARDS THAT PERIPHERY OF THE NUCLEUS
LININ NETWORK
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[MORPHOLOGY] GRANULES THAT LINE THE INNER SIDE OF THE NUCLEAR MEMBRANE
PERIPHERAL CHROMATIN
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[MORPHOLOGY] SINGLE MASS OR AGGREGATE OF DENSE CHROMATIN
KARYOSOME ENDOSOME
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[MORPHOLOGY] ONLY FOUND PRIMARILY IN CILIATES
COMPACT NUCLEUS
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[MORPHOLOGY] NO CLEAR AREAS OF NUCLEOPLASM
COMPACT NUCLEUS
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[MORPHOLOGICAL STAGE] MOTILE FORMS
TROPH
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[MORPHOLOGICAL STAGE] VEGETATIVE STAGE
TROPH
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[MORPHOLOGICAL STAGE] CAN REPRODUCE
TROPH
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[MORPHOLOGICAL STAGE] FEEDING STAGE
TROPH
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[MORPHOLOGICAL STAGE] RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PATHOGENIC EFFECTS
TROPH
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[MORPHOLOGICAL STAGE] DELICATE AND DO NOT SURVIVE LONG OUTSIDE THE HOST
TROPH
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[MORPHOLOGICAL STAGE] RESTING, NONMOTILE
CYST
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[MORPHOLOGICAL STAGE] BOUNDED BY A TOUGH CELL WALL
CYST
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[MORPHOLOGICAL STAGE] CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSFER FROM HOST TO HOST
CYST
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[MORPHOLOGICAL STAGE] INFECTIVE STAGE
CYST
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[STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT] ACTIVE TO INACTIVE STAGE
ENCYSTATION
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[STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT] LOSE THE POWER OF MOTILITY, GROWTH, AND REPRODUCTION
ENCYSTATION
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[STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT] ENCLOSURE IN A TOUGH WALL
ENCYSTATION
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS THAT INDUCE ENCYSTATION
NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY PH OR TEMPERATURE CHANGES INCREASED TONICITY DECREASED OXYGEN CONCENTRATION OVERPOPULATION
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[STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT] INACTIVE TO ACTIVE STAGE
EXCYSTATION
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[STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT] OCCURS WHEN ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
EXCYSTATION
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[STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT] STAGE THAT ALLOWS ORGANISMM TO CONTINUE ITS LIFE CYCLE
EXCYSTATION
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MECHANISMS FOR EXCYSTATION
ABSORPTION OF WATER —> SWELLING SECRETION OF LYTIC ENZYMES BY THE PROTOZOAN ACTION OF HOST DIGESTIVE ENZYMES ON THE CYST WALL
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WHERE CAN MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES OCCUR
ONLY WITHIN THE HOST
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WHAT HAPPENS TO TROPHS THAT ARE PASSED IN FECES
DO NOT ENCYST THEY DISINTEGRATE

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