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amebic dysentery
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a sometimes fatal disease caused by an amoeba that enters the body via contaminated food or water
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anal pore
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in protozoa, an opening from which wastes are eliminated
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conjugation
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individuals from opposite matting strains pair and exchange genetic material.
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cyst
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a resistant, thick walled structure that encloses and protects a dormasnt organism
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cytoplasmic streaming
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the circular motion of the cytoplasm
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ectoplasm
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the region in the cytoplasm located directly inside the cell membranes
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endoplasm
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the region in the cytoplasm found in the interior of the cell
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eyespot
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a localized region of pigment in some invertebrates and protozoa that detects changes in the quantity and quality of light
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foraminifera
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an ancient group of of shelled sarcodines douns in oceans
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gametocyte
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an undifferentiated cell that developes into a gamete
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giardiasis
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an illness cgaracterized by severr dirrhea and intestinalcramps caused by a portozoan parasite
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gullet
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the structure that forms fiid vacuoles that circulate throughout the cytoplasm if teh paramecium
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macronucleus
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in paramecia, the larger of the two types of nuclei
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malaria
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a desiease characterized by severe chills, fevver, sweating, fatigue, and great thirst. Victims die of anemia, kidney failure an brain damage. given by mosquito
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merozoites
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spores that emerge and infect red blood cells where they reproduce asexualy, they regularly burst out of the red cells and release toxins into the blood
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micronucleus
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this participates of genetic marterial between individuals during conjugation
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mouth pore
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the groove that the water curretns go into after teh beating that the cilia creates. mouth pore opens into gullet
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multiple fission
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a form of cell division that results in a number of identical individuals
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oral groove
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a funnle like depression in the pellicle
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pellicle
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a clear elastic layer of protien that surrounds the cell membrane
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test
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a protective shell that coverst the cell membrane
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trypanosmiasis
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teh sleeping sickness thats caused by zooflagelates
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taxoplasmosis
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a deseasse that causes few or no symtoms in adults which is made by sporozoans. it can afect a developing fetus or new born and it can also affect some adults
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sporozoites
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they enter the blood stream and travel to liver cells and divde repeatedly and this is when an infected mosquito bites a person
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protozoa
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single celled microscopic that are noted for their ability to move independantly
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portists
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animals like plant like and fungus like organisms that are all eukaryotic and lack tissue differentiation
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psuedopodium
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large rounded cytoplasmic extensions that function in movemnet
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