FINAL LAB QUIZ 4 platyhelminths

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name the 2 classes in the phylum platyhelminthes?

cestoda, trematoda

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name the 4 stages in the platyhelminths life cycle?

egg, larva, cyst, adult

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what is the common name of members of the phylum platyhelminths?

flatworms

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<p>name the 4 tapeworm genera in the class cestoda?</p>

name the 4 tapeworm genera in the class cestoda?

  • Taenia

  • Echinococcus

  • Diphyllobothrium

  • Hymenolepis

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<p>how do tapeworm adults attach to their host?</p><p>the … which have …</p>

how do tapeworm adults attach to their host?

the … which have …

the scolex which have hooks

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<p>what are the<strong> tapeworm segments </strong>called?</p><p></p>

what are the tapeworm segments called?

proglottids

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<p>describe the tapeworm egg</p><p>… with a … …. …</p>

describe the tapeworm egg

… with a … …. …

round with a thick protective shell

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<p>which tapeworm is the <strong>largest</strong> to infect humans?</p>

which tapeworm is the largest to infect humans?

Diphyllobothrium latum

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<p>which tapeworm is the <strong>smallest</strong> tapeworm to infect humans?</p><p></p>

which tapeworm is the smallest tapeworm to infect humans?

Hymenolepis

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<p>name the <strong>genus</strong> that causes the <u>cow tapeworm </u>infection?</p><p></p>

name the genus that causes the cow tapeworm infection?

taenia

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<p>how do humans acquired the <strong>cow tapeworm </strong>infection?</p><p>eating … or …. …</p>

how do humans acquired the cow tapeworm infection?

eating … or …. …

eating raw or underscooked beef

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<p>what is the cow tapeworm cyst called?</p>

what is the cow tapeworm cyst called?

cysticercus

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<p>what is measly meat?</p><p>… that is …. with …</p>

what is measly meat?

… that is …. with …

beef that is infected with cysticercus

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<p>what <strong>genus</strong> causes the <u>dog tapeworm infectiopn?</u></p>

what genus causes the dog tapeworm infectiopn?

Echinococcus

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<p>what is the dog tapeworm cyst called?</p>

what is the dog tapeworm cyst called?

hydatid cyst

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<p>why is the dog tapeworm cyst easy to recognuize? it conatins … … which are … … … … … inside the …</p>

why is the dog tapeworm cyst easy to recognuize? it conatins … … which are … … … … … inside the …

it contains hydatid sand , which are tiny baby tapeworm heads floating inside the cyst.

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<p>name 1 way we can get infected with dog tapeworm </p>

name 1 way we can get infected with dog tapeworm

pet kisses

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<p>what is the <strong>genus</strong> that causes the fish tapeworm infection?</p>

what is the genus that causes the fish tapeworm infection?

Diphyllobothrium

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<p>what is the <strong>genus</strong> that causes the <strong>rat tapeworm infection?</strong></p><p></p>

what is the genus that causes the rat tapeworm infection?

Hymenolepis

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<p>name an unusual way humans can acquire the rat tapeworm infection?</p><p>… … in … that have … …</p>

name an unusual way humans can acquire the rat tapeworm infection?

… … in … that have … …

consume insects in food that have consumed eggs

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name the 2 genera in the class trematoda of the phylum platyhelminths

  • Clonorchis

  • Schistosoma

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<p>what is the common name of the members of the <strong>class trematoda?</strong></p>

what is the common name of the members of the class trematoda?

flukes

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<p>which <strong>genus</strong> is characterized as the liver fluke</p>

which genus is characterized as the liver fluke

Clonorchis

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<p>how do <strong>humans</strong> acquired the <strong>liver fluke i</strong>nfection  … … or …. fresh… ….</p>

how do humans acquired the liver fluke infection … … or …. fresh… ….

eating raw or undercooked freshwater fish

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<p>name the 6 structural specialization in the <strong>adult liver fluke? </strong></p>

name the 6 structural specialization in the adult liver fluke?

mouth
oral sucker
ventral sucker
2 digestive tubes
uterus
testes
yolk gland

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<p>describe the <strong>liver</strong> fluke egg</p><p>…, …, and a … … at … …</p>

describe the liver fluke egg

…, …, and a … … at … …

small, oval, and a tiny opening at one end.

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<p>which <strong>genus</strong> is characterized as the blood fluke?</p>

which genus is characterized as the blood fluke?

Schistosoma

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<p>what unusual adaptation do the adult male and female blood flukes have that ensures reproductive succes?</p><p>…. in body … of … remain … …</p>

what unusual adaptation do the adult male and female blood flukes have that ensures reproductive succes?

…. in body … of … remain … …

female in body groove of male

remain attached together

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<p>how is the female blood fluke distuinguish from the male blood fluke?</p><p>the …is …  … and … … the … body groove while the … is … ….</p>

how is the female blood fluke distuinguish from the male blood fluke?

the …is … … and … … the … body groove while the … is … ….

The female is longer, thinner, and lives inside the male's body groove , while the male is shorter, thicker

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<p>why is the egg produces by the blood fluke <strong>easy</strong> to recognize?</p><p></p>

why is the egg produces by the blood fluke easy to recognize?

it has a lateral spine

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<p>what life cycle stage in the blood fluke <strong>infects</strong> humans?</p><p></p>

what life cycle stage in the blood fluke infects humans?

cercariae