PARASITOLOGY

Question 1

. term uses for organisms that parasites to live with them

Answer 1

. HOST

Question 2

. a parasite that lives on the outer surface of the host

Answer 2

. ECTOPARASITE

Question 3

. a parasite that lives within the body of the host

Answer 3

. ENDOPARASITE

Question 4

. they can not survive without a host

Answer 4

. OBLIGATE PARASITE

Question 5

. a kind of parasite which does not damage the host while deriving its advantages

Answer 5

. COMMENSAL PARASITE

Question 6

. a term when sexual reproduction takes place of adult parasites establish a residence in that area

Answer 6

. DEFINITVE HOST

Question 7

. it acts as a transporting agent for the parasite and in which parasite does not undergo any development

Answer 7

. PARASITIC HOST

Question 8

. functions in the intermediate stage of the parasitic development

Answer 8

. INTERMEDIATE HOST

Question 9

. it is a single celled organism that moves using a false feet of pseudopods

Answer 9

. AMEBAS

Question 10

. the pathogen is caused by an organism called

Answer 10

. ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA

Question 11

. a dormant stage in which the protozoan can live for long periods outside of the host cell

Answer 11

. CYSTS

Question 12

. am infection of the small intestine caused by the protozoa giardia lamblia

Answer 12

. GIARDASIS

Question 13

. able to survive from two to thrre months outside of the body if there is enough moisture

Answer 13

. INACTIVE CYST

Question 14

.once the cyst ingested , it is properly nourished inside the walls of the small intestine

Answer 14

. TROPHOZOITES

Question 15

. parasitic ciliates live in the human intestine and cause inflammation

Answer 15

. BALANTIDIASIS

Question 16

. involve in the feeding process

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. MACRONUCLEUS

Question 17

. involved in reproduction ( binary fission or conjugation

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. MICRONUCLEUS

Question 18

. free swimming ciliates eg; paramecium

Answer 18

. HOLOTRICHA

Question 19

. have tentacles instead of cilia as adults and commonly live attached to a substrate

Answer 19

. SUCTORIA

Question 20

. bell shaped and colonial

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. PERITICHA

Question 21

. a trumpet shaped protozoa which have fused cilia that functions as legs

Answer 21

. SPIROTRICHA