Parasitology -

Question 1

Known as roundworms

Answer 1

Nematodes

Question 2

Known as flukes

Answer 2

Trematodes

Question 3

Known as tapeworms

Answer 3

Cestodes

Question 4

What are the two (2) types of helminths/worm parasites that are considered as “flatworms”?

Answer 4

Trematodes and Cestodes

Question 5

With leaf-like bodies

Answer 5

Trematodes/flukes

Question 6

With flat & segmented bodies

Answer 6

Cestodes/tapeworms

Question 7

What are the types of trematodes?

Answer 7

Blood Flukes
Intestinal Flukes
Lung Flukes
Liver/Hepatic Flukes

Question 8

Largest intestinal nematode

Answer 8

Ascaris lumbricoides

Question 9

Smallest intestinal nematode

Answer 9

Strongyloides stercoralis

Question 10

Eelworm

Answer 10

Ascaris lumbricoides

Question 11

Threadworm

Answer 11

Strongyloides stercoralis

Question 12

E. vermicularis is also known as?

Answer 12

Pinworm
Seatworm

Question 13

Pinworm/Seatworm

Answer 13

Enterobius vermicularis

Question 14

Whipworm

Answer 14

Trichuris trichiura

Question 15

Trichinella spiralis is also known as?

Answer 15

Pork muscle roundworm
Trichina worm

Question 16

Pork muscle roundworm

Answer 16

Trichinella spiralis

Question 17

Pudoc worm

Answer 17

Capillaria philippinensis

Question 18

Zoonotic nematodes

Answer 18

Toxocara cati
Toxocara canis
Ancylostoma braziliense
Ancylostoma canicum

Question 19

Ascaris of cats

Answer 19

Toxocara cati

Question 20

Ascaris of dogs

Answer 20

Toxocara canis

Question 21

Ancylostoma braziliense

Answer 21

Cat hookworm

Question 22

Ancylostoma caninum

Answer 22

Dog hookworm

Question 23

Ancylostoma duodenale

Answer 23

Old world hookworm

Question 24

Necator americanus

Answer 24

New world hookworm

Question 25

Eye worm

Answer 25

Loa loa

Question 25

What spp. causes blindness

Answer 25

Onchocerca volvulus (O. volvulus)

Question 26

What are the filarial worms?

Answer 26

Wuchereria bancrofti Loa loa Brugia malayi O. volvulus M. ozzardi M. perstans

Question 27

Malayan filaria

Answer 27

Brugia malayi

Question 28

Ozzard's filaria

Answer 28

M. ozzardi

Question 29

Wuchereria bancrofti is also known as?

Answer 29

Bancroft's filarial

Question 30

Herring worm Codworm Seal worm

Answer 30

Anisakis spp.

Question 31

Guinea worm

Answer 31

Dracunculus medinenis

Question 32

Serpent worm / dragon worm

Answer 32

Dracunculus medinenis

Question 32

Persistent filaria

Answer 32

M. perstans

Question 33

Dog Heart worm

Answer 33

Dirofilaria immitis

Question 33

Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Answer 33

Rat lung worm

Question 33

Lung fluke

Answer 33

Paragonimus westermani

Question 33

What does "M." in M. perstans and M. ozzardi mean?

Answer 33

Mansonella

Question 34

Blood flukes

Answer 34

Schistosoma japonicum Schistosoma mansoni Schistosoma haematobium

Question 34

Intestinal flukes

Answer 34

Fasciolopsis buski Echinostoma ilocanum Heterophyes heterophyes Metagonimus yokogawai

Question 34

Garrison's fluke

Answer 34

E. ilocanum

Question 34

Deadliest trematode

Answer 34

Heterophyes heterophyes

Question 35

Giant intestinal fluke

Answer 35

Fasciolopsis buski

Question 36

Liver/hepatic flukes

Answer 36

Fasciola hepatica Clonorchis sinensis Opistorchis felineus

Question 37

False tapeworm

Answer 37

Diphyllobothrium latum

Question 38

Unarmed tapeworm

Answer 38

Taenia saginata

Question 38

Pork tapeworm

Answer 38

Taenia solium

Question 39

Deadliest cestode

Answer 39

Hymenolepis nana

Question 40

Rat tapeworm

Answer 40

Hymenolepis diminuta

Question 41

Dog tapeworm

Answer 41

Dipylidium caninum

Question 42

Hydatid worm

Answer 42

Echinococcus granulosus

Question 43

Oriental liver fluke

Answer 43

Chlonorchis sinensis

Question 44

Cat liver fluke

Answer 44

Opistorchis felineus

Question 45

Sheep liver fluke

Answer 45

Fasciola hepatica