Medical Entomology Exam 1 questions with
verified answers
A ____ mechanism causes the flea to propel forward and upward
during a jump Ans✓✓✓ release
a _____ has specialized tibiotarsal claws Ans✓✓✓ louse
a cockroach transmits a bacterium on its mouthparts through normal
feeding. The bacterium does not replicate or change during
transmission. This type of transmission is known as: Ans✓✓✓
mechanical
a disease is: Ans✓✓✓ departure from health
a disease of animals whihc only occasionally infects humans is called:
Ans✓✓✓ zoonosis
a female arthropod which has completed one or more gonotrophic
cycles is called: Ans✓✓✓ parous
a female mosquito is an Ans✓✓✓ solenophage
a host which maintains a parasite but shows no clinical systems is a
Ans✓✓✓ carrier
,a mosquito vectors a pathogen, which undergoes significant
development and change within the vector. This type of transmission is
known as Ans✓✓✓ biological transmission
A poison of plant or animal origin that can result in a pathological
condition is called: Ans✓✓✓ toxin
A poisonous mixture of compounds containing one ore more toxins,
which is produced in glands and injected into animal tissues via
specialized morphological structures is called: Ans✓✓✓ venom
according to lecture, a pathogen's capacity for horizontal transmission
is also known as: Ans✓✓✓ infectivity
according to lecture, how many phyla are within the kingdom animalia?
Ans✓✓✓ 36
according to lecture, how many subphyla are there in arthropoda at the
moment? Ans✓✓✓ 5
amplyomma americanum can vector which of these diseases?
Ans✓✓✓ tularemia, ehrlichiosis
An amplifying host: Ans✓✓✓ increases the number of parasites
, An arthropod responsible for the transmission of parasites among
vertebrate hosts is called a: Ans✓✓✓ vector
an ulcer at the site of infection is characteristic of Ans✓✓✓ tularemia
anisomorpha buprestoides is commonly known as: Ans✓✓✓ two
striped walking stick
any substance that when taken into the body interferes with normal
physiological functions is known as: Ans✓✓✓ poison
approximately how many cases of West Nile virus are subclinical?
Ans✓✓✓ 80%
approximately how many cases of yellow fever become serious?
Ans✓✓✓ 15%
approximately how many opossums are currently infected with Chaga's
disease in US? Ans✓✓✓ 30-75%
Arthropod borne viruses are usually referred to as: Ans✓✓✓
arboviruses
verified answers
A ____ mechanism causes the flea to propel forward and upward
during a jump Ans✓✓✓ release
a _____ has specialized tibiotarsal claws Ans✓✓✓ louse
a cockroach transmits a bacterium on its mouthparts through normal
feeding. The bacterium does not replicate or change during
transmission. This type of transmission is known as: Ans✓✓✓
mechanical
a disease is: Ans✓✓✓ departure from health
a disease of animals whihc only occasionally infects humans is called:
Ans✓✓✓ zoonosis
a female arthropod which has completed one or more gonotrophic
cycles is called: Ans✓✓✓ parous
a female mosquito is an Ans✓✓✓ solenophage
a host which maintains a parasite but shows no clinical systems is a
Ans✓✓✓ carrier
,a mosquito vectors a pathogen, which undergoes significant
development and change within the vector. This type of transmission is
known as Ans✓✓✓ biological transmission
A poison of plant or animal origin that can result in a pathological
condition is called: Ans✓✓✓ toxin
A poisonous mixture of compounds containing one ore more toxins,
which is produced in glands and injected into animal tissues via
specialized morphological structures is called: Ans✓✓✓ venom
according to lecture, a pathogen's capacity for horizontal transmission
is also known as: Ans✓✓✓ infectivity
according to lecture, how many phyla are within the kingdom animalia?
Ans✓✓✓ 36
according to lecture, how many subphyla are there in arthropoda at the
moment? Ans✓✓✓ 5
amplyomma americanum can vector which of these diseases?
Ans✓✓✓ tularemia, ehrlichiosis
An amplifying host: Ans✓✓✓ increases the number of parasites
, An arthropod responsible for the transmission of parasites among
vertebrate hosts is called a: Ans✓✓✓ vector
an ulcer at the site of infection is characteristic of Ans✓✓✓ tularemia
anisomorpha buprestoides is commonly known as: Ans✓✓✓ two
striped walking stick
any substance that when taken into the body interferes with normal
physiological functions is known as: Ans✓✓✓ poison
approximately how many cases of West Nile virus are subclinical?
Ans✓✓✓ 80%
approximately how many cases of yellow fever become serious?
Ans✓✓✓ 15%
approximately how many opossums are currently infected with Chaga's
disease in US? Ans✓✓✓ 30-75%
Arthropod borne viruses are usually referred to as: Ans✓✓✓
arboviruses
