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12 Cards in this Set
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insecta and arachnida are types of what?
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arthropoda
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fleas, flies, lice, bees, and wasps are members of what division of arthropoda?
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insecta
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spiders, ticks, and mites are members of what division of arthropoda?
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arachnida
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what stages of arthopoda can have a medical affect on humans? 2
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larvae and adults
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what are the ways that adult and larvae arthropoda affect humans (4)
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1. ectoparasites
2. intermediate/definitive hosts of other animal parasites 3. venom-producing agents 4.vectors of disease |
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what is an infestation?
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when an arthropoda acts as an ectoparasite and feeds/takes up residence on the skin and underlying tissues
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fleas, itch mite, and bedbugs are examples of what way an arthropoda can affect a human?
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infestation
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patient comes in with intense itching, especially in the interdigital folds and sides of fingers, buttocks, external genitalia, wrists, and elbows. The skin lesions are usually short, straight or serpingous skin burrows.
What does this patient have? |
scabies!
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what type of HS rxn occurs with scabies?
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type IV reaction to the implanted eggs
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intense puritis is the hallmark of what parasitic disease?
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scabies
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are the nutritional state and cleanliness important factors when considering who can get head lice?
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NO! anyone can get it
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how do you diagnose headlice (how can you make that diagnosis)
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by finding adult lice or nits (the eggs, which are easier to see)
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