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Helminths, Platyhelminths, Trematodes, Cestodes, Nematodes
Term | Definition |
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Which worm is in the intestine of dogs? | Echinococcus granulosus |
Which worm can humans be both the definitive host and the intermediate host? | Taenia solium |
Which worm's transmission is from eating undercooked/raw pork? | Taenia solium |
Which worm's transmission penetrates soft tissue between toes and fingers? | Shistoma |
Which worm is blood fluke? | Shistoma |
Which worm's larvae penetrate soft tissue between toes? | Ancylostoma duodenale/ Necator americanus |
Another name for Ancylostoma duodenale | Necator americanus |
Another name for Necator americanus | Ancylostoma duodenale |
Eating undercooked/raw crayfish | Paragonimus westermani |
paragonimus westermani | lung fluke |
What are the intermediate hosts of the lung fluke? | Snail and then crayfish or crab |
What tissue or organ does the Paragonimus westermani adults live? | lungs |
eating undercooked/raw fish | Clonorchis sinensis |
Clonorchis sinensis is a | Chinese liver fluke |
name of a platyhelminth | a Clonorchis sinensis |
where does the Chinese liver fluke larvae live? | Snail and then fish |
What organ does the Clonorchis sinensis adult live in? | the bile ducts in the liver |
Which parasite is a hermaphrodite? | the flatworm Chinese liver fluke/ Clonorchis sinensis |
Where does a Shistosoma larvae live > | snail |
What is a Shistosoma? | blood fluke |
what organ does the blood fluke affect? | blood vessels |
How does the Shistosoma penetrate? | Soft tissues between the toes and fingers |
Intermediate host of the Echinococcus granulosus | Sheep or Humans |
transmission of Echinococcus granulosus | contaminated meat |
Which parasite locates in the intestines of dogs? | Echinococcus granulosus |
Ingesting eggs in water or food | Ascaris lumbricoides |
What is the host of the Ascaris lumbricoides? | No host |
Eating undercooked pork can give you ? | Trichinella spiralis |
Is there a host for Trichinella spiralis? | NO |
What is the location or the tissue that Trichinella spiralis infects? | Intestine |
What tissue or organ location does the Ascaris lumbricoides? | Intestine |
Ancylostoma duodenale is also known as | Necator americanus |
How is the Ancylostoma duodenale transmitted? | Larvae penetrating the soft tissues between the toes |
Necator americanus infects which organ or tissue? | Intestine |
Name the intermediate host of the Ancylostoma duodenale | None |
What is a pinworm? | Enterobius vermicularis |
What is an Enterobius vermicularis> | pinworm |
What is the definitive host of the Enterobius vermicularis> | Humans/children |
Is there a host for Enterobius vermicularis? | No |
What tissue or organ does the pinworm infect? | large intestine |
What does the Enterobius vermicularis parasite do in the body? | Eggs/anus |
Name the fireworm | Drancunculus medinesis |
How do you get Drancunculus medinesis | drinking water with Cyclops |
Cyclops is a | crustacean |
What organ does the fireworm infect> | skin |
What is the intermediate host of the Drancunculus medinesis? | Cyclops |
What parasite can cause Elephantiasis? | Wuchereria bancrofti |
Wuchereria bancrofti is transmitted how?>? | Mosquitoes bite |
What organ does the Wuchereria bancrofti affect? | Lymphatic system |
What is the intermediate host of the Wuchereria bancrofti? | Mosquitoes |