Parasitology Test 1 Spelling
1. This is a parasite that has wandered from its normal site of infection into an
organ (or location) where it does not normally live: Aberrant Parasite
2. This is when a parasite occurs in a host which it does not usually live: Incidental
Parasite
3. These are free living organisms that are non-parasitic, but have the potential
to become parasitic in some hosts: Facultative parasite
4. This is a parasite that is NOT capable of leading a free-living existence: Obligatory
parasite
5. A parasite does not have to live on or in the host at all times: Periodic parasite
6. This is a living creature or object that is NOT parasitic: Pseudoparasite
7. This is the host that harbors the adult, sexual, or mature stages of the
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, parasite: Definitive host
8. This is the host that harbors both the larval, juvenile, immature and asexual
stages of the parasite: Intermediate Host
9. In this host, the parasite does not undergo any type of development, instead,
it remains encysted within the host's tissues: Paratenic Host
10. This is a vertebrate host in which a parasite or disease occurs in nature, and
is a source of infection for both humans and domestic animals: Reservoir Host
11. This type of parasite will only infect one type of host: Homoxenous Parasite
12. Another name for homoxenous parasites: Stenoxenous parasites
13. This is a parasite that has a very broad host range: Euryxenous Parasite
14. These are ectoparasites of fish, amphibians, and reptiles: Monogenetic trematodes
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1. This is a parasite that has wandered from its normal site of infection into an
organ (or location) where it does not normally live: Aberrant Parasite
2. This is when a parasite occurs in a host which it does not usually live: Incidental
Parasite
3. These are free living organisms that are non-parasitic, but have the potential
to become parasitic in some hosts: Facultative parasite
4. This is a parasite that is NOT capable of leading a free-living existence: Obligatory
parasite
5. A parasite does not have to live on or in the host at all times: Periodic parasite
6. This is a living creature or object that is NOT parasitic: Pseudoparasite
7. This is the host that harbors the adult, sexual, or mature stages of the
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, parasite: Definitive host
8. This is the host that harbors both the larval, juvenile, immature and asexual
stages of the parasite: Intermediate Host
9. In this host, the parasite does not undergo any type of development, instead,
it remains encysted within the host's tissues: Paratenic Host
10. This is a vertebrate host in which a parasite or disease occurs in nature, and
is a source of infection for both humans and domestic animals: Reservoir Host
11. This type of parasite will only infect one type of host: Homoxenous Parasite
12. Another name for homoxenous parasites: Stenoxenous parasites
13. This is a parasite that has a very broad host range: Euryxenous Parasite
14. These are ectoparasites of fish, amphibians, and reptiles: Monogenetic trematodes
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