In Phylum Rotifera, what term describes the muscular pharynx equipped with jaws?
Mastax
What function do rhabdites perform?
They swell and form a protective mucous sheath
Clonorchis sinensis is a fluke that causes pathology in what organ?
Liver
Complete the missing stage in this general Trematode life
cycle:
Adult trematode --> eggs --> BLANK --> sporocysts
--> rediae --> cercariae -->metacercariae
miracidium (COULD BE ANY)
What term describes the “segment” of tapeworms that is full of eggs?
Gravid proglottid
What term describes the spiny structure used by Acanthocephala to penetrate its host’s intestines?
Proboscis
identify each location
A. testes
B. uterus
C. vitellaria
D. pharynx
What term describes the free-swimming ciliated larva of most trematodes?
Miracidium
What term describes the holdfast structure with suckers and hooks in Class Cestoda?
Scolex
What disease do human blood flukes cause?
Schistosomiasis
What ciliated structure is found on the head of rotifers and aids in feeding and locomotion?
corona
Briefly describe one way to distinguish between male and female specimens of Schistosoma mansoni under a microscope.
Males are robust and shorter, while females are longer and slender; males have a deep ventral groove in which females reside during copulation
Briefly explain what is meant when Schistosomes are in copula.
having sex
Give the common name of one example of a member of Class Trematoda.
Liver fluke, blood fluke, fluke
Give the common name of one example of a member of Class Cestoda.
Beef tapeworm, pork/pig tapeworm, dog tapeworm, etc
Give the common name of a typical intermediate host for Acanthocephalans.
crustaceans or insects
Name to species the causative agent of hydatid disease in humans.
Echinococcus granulosus