Flashcards in Worms Deck (22)
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Class turbellaria are?
Free living planaria and nocturnal saprophore
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Class Cestodia are?
Parasitic tape worms
3
What attaches to host in parasitic tape worms?
Scolex
4
Where are eggs released in class Cestodia?
In feces
5
Organisms in class Trematods are?
Parasitic blood flukes
6
What do organisms in class Trematods cause?
Schistosomiasis
7
What is the secondary host of class Trematods?
What is the primary host?
Secondary host ->snails
Primary host -> larger make surrounds female
8
Clonorchis are? How do you get infected?
Chinese liver flutes
Get infected by eating fish they have infested
9
What type of body cavity do organism of phylum Nematoda have?
Psuedocolomates, no true body cavity
10
What is a highly communicable disease that moves to the anus to lay eggs?
Pinworms
11
What causes trichinosis? How is it contacted?
Trichina spiralis
Contacted by eating encysted pork
12
What is caused by the filarial worm and is transmitted by the mosquito?
Heartwarming
13
What is caused by filarial worm and infests lymphatic system?
Elephantiasis
14
What is the most common worm infection in the world?
Ascaris
15
Phylum Rotifera have what type of dominate lifestyle?
Female dominate lifestyle
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What type nerves do worms have?
Ladder like arrangement of nerves
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Class Trematods are?
Flukes
18
What do flatworms possess?
A brain
19
Round worms are?
psuedocolomates
20
What worm do you get from eating uncooked fish?
Liver Flukes
21
What is a parasitic worm that lives in the human rectum and moves to the anus to lay eggs which results in severe anal itching?
Pinworms
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