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16 Cards in this Set
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What are the two classes of flatworms and what is there biggest difference |
Trematoda- are flukes Cestoda-are tapeworms |
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What does dioecious mean |
the male and female are separate |
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What does monoecious mean |
both ovaries and testes are in one animal |
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What is the scolex |
head of the worm |
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What is a proglottid |
body segments of the worm |
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What is cysticercosis |
humans become the host of the larvae form of taenia solium when they ingest taenia solium |
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How are the Taenia species differentiated from each other |
Taenia saginata have lots of branches and lacks hooks Taenia solium have less branches and has hooks |
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What is the scientific name for chinese liver fluke? What is the first and second host? How are humans infected? |
Clonorchis sinensis- first host snail- second host fish- humans are infected by eating undercooked freshwater fish |
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What is the scientific name for blood fluke? What is the first and second host? How are humans infected? |
Schistosoma mansoni- first host snail- second host- humans- humans are infected by larvae in water penetrating skin |
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What is the scientific name for beef tapeworm? What is the first and second host? How are human infected? |
Taenia saginata- first host cow-second host humans- humans are infected by eating raw or insufficiently cooked beef |
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What is the scientific name for pork tapeworm? What is the first and second host? How are humans infected? |
Taenia solium- first host pig-second host humans- humans are infected by eating raw or undercooked pork |
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What platyhelminthes looks like a pumpkin seed |
Clonorchis sinensis ovum |
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What platyhelminthes looks like a cartoon talk bubble |
Schistosoma mansoni ovum |
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What platyhelminthes looks like a poker chip, perfectly round with a dark flat center |
Taenia ova |
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What platyhelmintes has lots of branches and which one has less branches |
1. Taenia saginata proglottid 2. T.Solium |
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What platyhelminthes has suction cups and "hairlike" hooks at the end |
scolex of the T.Solium |
