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Medical /
Parasitology
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Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answers
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Parasite //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Live /
/organism /
/living //in //or //on //and //having //some //metabolic //dependence //on //another //organism //(host)
Endoparasite //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Lives //inside //host
Ectoparasite //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Lives //on //or //in //the //skin
Facultative //parasite //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Usually //free-
living, //but //can //become //parasitic //if //accidentally //enters //host
Mutualism //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Relationship /
/in //which //both //partners //benefit //from //association //(termites //and //their //gut //protozoa)
Commensalism //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔One //species //benefits //and //the //other //neither //benefits //nor //is //harmed //
(Entamoeba //gingivalis //in //human //mouth)
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Parasitism //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Parasite /
/living //at //the //expense //of //and //often //causing //harm //to //the //host //(hookworm)
Definitive /
/host //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Host //in //which //the //parasite //reaches //sexual //or //reproductive //maturity
Intermediate /
/host //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Host /
/in /
/which /
/the //immature //or //larval //form //usually //resides //or //in //which //the //parasite //undergoes //asexual
//reproduction. /
/This /
/type /
/of /
/host /
/is /
/necessary /
/for /
/the /
/parasites' //development //(Plasmodium, //mosquito=definitive //host, //human=intermediate)
Accidental /
/(incidental) /
/host //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Host /
/that /
/accidentally /
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/harbors /
/an /
/organism /
/that /
/is //not //ordinarily //parasitic //in //the //particular //species. //May //or //may //not //cause //symptoms
-Usually //a //short-lived //infection
Transport /
/(paratenic) /
/host //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Nonessential /
/host /
/in /
/the /
/life //cycle //of //a //parasite //that //can //harbor //and //maintain //immature //stages //of //a //parasite
-Can //serve //to //bridge //intermediate //and //definitive //host
Reservoir //host //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔-A //'living //source' //of //the //parasite
-Not //the //host //of //primary //concern
-A //host //that //serves //as //a //source //of //infection //and //potential //reinfection //of //humans //and //as
//a //means //of //sustaining //a //parasite //when //it //is //not //infecting //humans
Eukaryotic //parasites //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔-Protozoa
-Helminths
-Arthropods
Protozoa //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Single-
celled /
/microorganisms /
/that /
Medical /
Parasitology
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Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // //
Parasite //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Live /
/organism /
/living //in //or //on //and //having //some //metabolic //dependence //on //another //organism //(host)
Endoparasite //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Lives //inside //host
Ectoparasite //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Lives //on //or //in //the //skin
Facultative //parasite //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Usually //free-
living, //but //can //become //parasitic //if //accidentally //enters //host
Mutualism //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Relationship /
/in //which //both //partners //benefit //from //association //(termites //and //their //gut //protozoa)
Commensalism //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔One //species //benefits //and //the //other //neither //benefits //nor //is //harmed //
(Entamoeba //gingivalis //in //human //mouth)
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Parasitism //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Parasite /
/living //at //the //expense //of //and //often //causing //harm //to //the //host //(hookworm)
Definitive /
/host //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Host //in //which //the //parasite //reaches //sexual //or //reproductive //maturity
Intermediate /
/host //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Host /
/in /
/which /
/the //immature //or //larval //form //usually //resides //or //in //which //the //parasite //undergoes //asexual
//reproduction. /
/This /
/type /
/of /
/host /
/is /
/necessary /
/for /
/the /
/parasites' //development //(Plasmodium, //mosquito=definitive //host, //human=intermediate)
Accidental /
/(incidental) /
/host //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Host /
/that /
/accidentally /
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/harbors /
/an /
/organism /
/that /
/is //not //ordinarily //parasitic //in //the //particular //species. //May //or //may //not //cause //symptoms
-Usually //a //short-lived //infection
Transport /
/(paratenic) /
/host //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Nonessential /
/host /
/in /
/the /
/life //cycle //of //a //parasite //that //can //harbor //and //maintain //immature //stages //of //a //parasite
-Can //serve //to //bridge //intermediate //and //definitive //host
Reservoir //host //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔-A //'living //source' //of //the //parasite
-Not //the //host //of //primary //concern
-A //host //that //serves //as //a //source //of //infection //and //potential //reinfection //of //humans //and //as
//a //means //of //sustaining //a //parasite //when //it //is //not //infecting //humans
Eukaryotic //parasites //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔-Protozoa
-Helminths
-Arthropods
Protozoa //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Single-
celled /
/microorganisms /
/that /
