Protozoans Flashcards

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How is E histolyica causesd?

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By drinking unclean drinking water

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Sarcodians

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Soft bodies protis
Ex entameba histolyica move by cytoplasmic streaming
Ex foraminiferans

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What is dysentery?

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Is an infection of the digestive tract by the ameba

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What effects does dysentery have?

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Uncontrollable diarrhea and death by dehydration.

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Foraminiferans

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Chalky shells and when they die bodies build up on ocean floor is composed of billions of dead foraminiferans

Ex dover England(white cliffs to dover)

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Zooflagellates

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Move via flagella

Ex. Trypanosoma

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Zooflagellates cause what disease?

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The african sleeping sickness when it effects humans person suffering feels extreme fatigue and can die from infection

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Ciliaphorans?

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Move via tiny hairs called cilia

The giant ciliaphoran paramecium glides around on cilia while scooping bacteria cells in it oral feeding groove

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Sprozoans

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Lack structure movement and are parasites. “Plasmodium” is the parasite transmitted by mosquitoes causing malaria

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Local sporozoan ?

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Giardia can be picked up by drinking infected water from ponds or lakes

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What does giardia cause?

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Disease beaver fever effects: explosive diarrhea and vomiting common in tree planters

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