Parasitology Final

Question 1

Reproductive segments of a tape worm are located in the

Answer 1

Proglottid

Question 2

Scolex of a worm is recovered in feces and bears four cup-shaped suckers. What type of worm is it?

Answer 2

Diphyllobothrium latum

Question 3

A patient from the Great Lakes region presents with weight loss, weakness, and anemia and B12 deficiency. What type of worm would you suspect?

Answer 3

Diphyllobothrium latum

Question 4

The dwarf tape worm requires no intermediate host, but sometimes can use these hosts:

Answer 4

• House Mouse
• Beetle
• Flea

Question 5

Have both male and female sex organs

Answer 5

Hermaphroditic

Question 6

A ciliated hexacanth embryo

Answer 6

Onchosphere

Question 7

What is a Proglottid?

Answer 7

One of the segments of a tapeworm

Question 8

A class within the phylum, platyhelminthe, which includes the tapeworm.

Answer 8

Cestoda

Question 9

Anterior end of a worm is called the:

Answer 9

Scolex

Question 10

A structure formed by E. granulosus

Answer 10

Hydatid cyst

Question 11

A motile, first stage larvae

Answer 11

Coracodium

Question 12

Cysticercus is a type of:

Answer 12

Bladder worm

Question 13

Anorexia is defined as

Answer 13

A loss of appetite

Question 14

Inside the daughter cyst in Enchinococcus granulosis you may find a

Answer 14

Blood capsule

Question 15

White piedra is a fungal infection of the:

Answer 15

Hair

Question 16

Infections characterized by the development of lesions at the site of implantation of infection, at or below the skin:

Answer 16

Subcutaneous infection

Question 17

Onychomycosis is a general term used to describe an infection of the:

Answer 17

Nails

Question 18

Diphyllobothrium latum is a:

Answer 18

Broadfish tapeworm

Question 19

Fasciolopsis buski is a:

Answer 19

Large intestinal fluke

Question 20

Taenia saginata is a:

Answer 20

Beef tapeworm

Question 21

Clonorchis sinensis is a:

Answer 21

Chinese liver fluke

Question 22

Echinococcus granulosus is a:

Answer 22

Hydatid tapeworm

Question 23

Paragonimus westermani is a:

Answer 23

Oriental lung fluke

Question 24

Taenia solium is a:

Answer 24

Pork Tapeworm that causes Cysticercosis

Question 25

A kind of helmenth worm that has an elongated shape, separate sexes, and is found in blood vessels of its definitive host:

Answer 25

Blood fluke

Question 26

The blood parasite ranks second as a source of serious world wide mobility and mortality:

Answer 26

Schistosoma haematobium

Question 27

This fluke causes a contact type dermatitis that does not lead to an infection within the circulatory system and is known as Swimmers Itch:

Answer 27

Microbilharzia variglandis

Question 28

An intermediate host of Opisthorchis sinensis is a:

Answer 28

Snail

Question 29

A platyhelminthes that infects humans by skin penetration and has an association with bladder cancer:

Answer 29

Schistosoma masoni

Question 30

This adult worm lives for many years in the intestine:

Answer 30

Taenia saginata

Question 31

The larval stage of this worm can cause an infection in humans if fish that has the parasite has been eaten:

Answer 31

Diphyllobothrium latum

Question 32

The Giardia infection can be prevented and controlled by:

Answer 32

- Water Treatment | - Food sanitation

Question 33

A ______ is a unicellular fungus with round to oval cells that reproduce asexually by giving off small cells called _____.

Answer 33

Yeast, buds

Question 34

Most fungi obtain their nutrients from the remains of dead plants an animals in soil, fresh water, or salt water, and are called:

Answer 34

Saprobes

Question 35

Kerions are:

Answer 35

Raised lesions

Question 36

Fuvus are:

Answer 36

Cup shaped lesions

Question 37

Chromoblastomycosis is:

Answer 37

Dermatiaceous fungi

Question 38

Histoplasmosis is:

Answer 38

Histoplasma dermatitis

Question 39

Sporotricosis is:

Answer 39

Sporothrix scheneckii

Question 40

A child presents with a sever vaginal itch, abdominal pain, loss of sleep, and mild nausea. What would you recommend first for diagnosis?

Answer 40

A Cellophane tape preparation from the preanal region

Question 41

Fasciolopsis buski infections in humans can be diagnosed by the examination of:

Answer 41

Eggs in feces

Question 42

Naeglaria fowleri infections in humans begins with the entrance of a parasite through the _____ usually by ______.

Answer 42

Nasal Passage, diving and swimming

Question 43

Upon infection with Naeglaria fowleri, the clinical symptoms are similar to the common cold: True or False?

Answer 43

True