CLPARA SLIDE REVIEW PRELIMS

• Balantidium Coli

• Trophozoite

• Cilia

• Cytostome

• Identify the organism. Give genus and species.

  • (1)

• What is the morphologic stage of the organism?

  • (2)

• What are the structures pointed by the arrow?

  • (3)

• Identify the structure pointed by the arrowhead

  • (4)

• Balantidium Coli

• Trophozoite

• Macronucleus 

• Stool

• Identify the organism. Give genus and species.

  • (1)

• What is the morphologic stage of the organism?

  • (2)

• What are the structures pointed by the arrow?

  • (3)

• What is the specimen of choice in detecting the organism?

  • (4)

• Balantidium Coli

• Cyst (more round)

• Cilia

• Macronucleus 

• Identify the organism. Give genus and species.

  • (1)

• What is the morphologic stage of the organism?

  • (2)

• What are the structures pointed by the black arrow?

  • (3)

• What is the structure pointed by the red arrow?

  • (4)

1) macronucleus
2) cilia

What is at green arrow? (1)
What is at red arrow? (2)

• Giardia lamblia/Giardia intestinalis/Giardia duodenalis

• Trophozoite  

• Falling leaf motility  

• Median bodies/Parabasal bodies 

• Identify the organism. Give genus and species.

  • (1)

• What is the morphologic stage of the organism?

  • (2)

• What is the characteristic motility pattern?

  • (3)

• Identify the structure pointed by the red arrow.

  • (4)

• Axostyle

• Sucking disc

What is at black arrow? (1)
What is at red arrow? (2)

• Giardia lamblia/Giardia intestinalis/Giardia duodenalis

• Cyst

• Axoneme

• Identify the organism. Give genus and species.

  • (1)

• What is the morphologic stage of the organism?

  • (2)

• Identify the structure pointed by the red arrow.

  • (3)

Clearing zone

What is at red arrow?

• Chilomastix mesnili

• Trophozoite

• Cytostome

• Stiff rotary motility

• Identify the organism. Give genus and species.

  • (1)

• What is the morphologic stage of the organism?

  • (2)

• Identify the structure pointed by the red arrow.

  • (3)

• What is the characteristic motility pattern of the organism?

  • (4)

• Chilomastix mesnili  

• Cyst  

• Cytostome  

• Clear hyaline knob 

• Identify the organism. Give genus and species.

  • (1)

• What is the morphologic stage of the organism?

  • (2)

• Identify the structure pointed by the red arrow.

  • (3)

• Identify the structure pointed by the green arrow.

  • (4)

• Cytosome

• Nucleus

What is at green arrow? (1)

What is at red arrow? (2)

• Chilomastix mesnili trophozoite

• Chilomastix mesnili cyst

• Identify the organism and developmental stage pointed by the red arrow.

  • (1)

• Identify the organism and developmental stage pointed by the green arrow.

  • (2)

• Dientamoeba fragilis

• Trophozoite (no cyst stage)

• Broad hyaline pseudopodia

• Identify the organism. Give genus and species.

  • (1)

• What is the morphologic stage of the organism?

  • (2)

• What feature accomplishes the organism’s progressive motility?

  • (3)

Dientamoeba fragilis

Identify the organism. Give genus and species

• Enteromonas hominis

• Trophozoite

• Jerky motility

• Identify the organism. Give genus and species.

  • (1)

• What is the morphologic stage of the organism?

  • (2)

• What is the characteristic motility pattern?

  • (3)

• Enteromonas hominis

• Cyst

• Identify the organism. Give genus and species.

  • (1)

• What is the morphologic stage of the organism?

  • (2)

Enteromonas hominis

Identify the organism. Give genus and species.

• Retortamonas intestinalis

• Trophozoite

• Cytostome

• Identify the organism. Give genus and species.

  • (1)

• What is the morphologic stage of the organism?

  • (2)

• Identify the structure pointed by the red arrow.

  • (3)

Retortamonas intestinalis

Identify the organism. Give genus and species.

• Retortamonas intestinalis

• Cyst

• Fused fibrils

• Identify the organism. Give genus and species.

  • (1)

• What is the morphologic stage of the organism?

  • (2)

• Identify the structure pointed by the red arrow.

  • (3)

• Trichomonas hominis (asymptotic)/ Pentatrichomonas hominis

• Trophozoite

• Undulating membrane

• Nervous jerky motility

• Identify the organism. Give genus and species.

  • (1)

• What is the morphologic stage of the organism?

  • (2)

• Identify the structure pointed by the red arrow.

  • (3)

• What is the characteristic motility pattern?

  • (4)

Undulating membrane

What is at the red arrows?

Trichomonas hominis (asymptotic)/Pentatrichomonas hominis

Identify the organism. Give genus and species

• Trichomonas tenax

• Trophozoite

• Mouth scrapings

• Identify the organism. Give genus and species.

  • (1)

• What is the morphologic stage of the organism?

  • (2)

• What is the specimen of choice for the detection of the organism?

  • (3)

• Trichomonas vaginalis

• Trophozoite

• Rapid jerky motility

• Urine, vaginal discharge, urethral discharge, prostatic secretions

• Identify the organism. Give genus and species.

  • (1)

• What is the morphologic stage of the organism?

  • (2)

• What is the characteristic motility pattern?

  • (3)

• What is the specimen of choice for the detection of the organism?

  • (4)

(a) T. tenax (b) T. vaginalis (c) T. or Pentatrichomonas hominis

What are these 3 trichomonads in order from left to right? Give genus and species.

(1) Amastigote (2) Promastigote (3) Epimastigote (4) Trypomastigote

State the 4 morphologic states (stages) of tissue flagellates from top to bottom.

Undulating membrane

extension of cytoplasmic membrane, helps in locomotion (wavelike and reversible movements)

Axoneme

helps with springlike flexibility

Kinetoplast

crucial for replication of the parasite

contains the DNA of the parasite

Nucleus

Trypomastigote

What morphologic state is this flagellate?

(a) Epimastigote (b) Trypomastigote (c) Amastigote

State the morphologic state in order from left to right.

• Trypanosoma cruzi

• Chagas disease

What is the name of this flagellate? State the name of the disease they give to humans.

Trypanosoma brucei

What is this flagellate?

Trypanosoma brucei

What is this flagellate?

• Trypanosoma brucei

• Trypanosoma cruzi

State the names of these 2 flagellates from left to right.

Trypanosoma cruzi

Trypanosoma cruzi or Trypanosoma brucei

Between the two, which one has a more prominent kinetoplast? (dark spot on the posterior end or opposite side of the flagella)

Leishmania

What type of flagellate is this?

Amastigote

What morphologic state of a leishmania is this?

Promastigote

What morphologic state of a leishmania is this?

Promastigote and Amastigote

What are the two only morphologic stages of leishmania