Parasitology Exam 1 (Dr. Sharp) Questions With Correct Answers

Parasitology Exam 1 (Dr. Sharp)
Questions With Correct Answers

Fungal ant parasite: Has a low or high degrees of host specificity? -
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ANSWER✔✔✔-High


Fungal ant parasite: spore lands on ____, which causes ? and leads to
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the next stage called ____. - ANSWER✔✔✔-exoskeleton,. enzymatic
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breakdown of ant, yeast | | |




Fungal ant parasite: what will the yeast stage do? - ANSWER✔✔✔-
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cause full body convulsions
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Fungal ant parasite: the leaf that the ant is on is exposed to the sun on
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what side? - ANSWER✔✔✔-north
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Fungal ant parasite: preferred humidity, temperature and height above
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ground? - ANSWER✔✔✔-94-95%, 20-30 degrees celsius, 10 in
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Fungal ant parasite: once the ant has locked down onto main vein with
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its mandibles what is the next stage after yeast? - ANSWER✔✔✔-
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hyphae

,Fungal ant parasite: what is the purpose of the hyphae stage? -
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ANSWER✔✔✔-fortifies the ants body and forms a cluster of mycelium
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Fungal ant parasite: what is the function of the mycelium? -
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ANSWER✔✔✔-releases antimicrobials to endure other fungal species| | | | | | |



doesn't take advantage of the nutrients the dead ant will be providing
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the fungus with
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Fungal ant parasite: what is the last stage of development after the
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mycelium form? - ANSWER✔✔✔-fruiting body
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Fungal ant parasite: list the life stages in order. - ANSWER✔✔✔-hyphae,
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mycelium, fruiting body,
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Molluskan parasite is called what? - ANSWER✔✔✔-pocketbook mussel
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pocketbook mussel: during what stage do they need a host? -
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ANSWER✔✔✔-early development |




pocketbook mussel: what is the host? - ANSWER✔✔✔-fish
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pocketbook mussel: larvae are called what? - ANSWER✔✔✔-glochidia
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,pocketbook mussel: where are the larvae kept? what happens once host
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comes nearby? - ANSWER✔✔✔-deep within the mantle, mussel spews
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out larvae in hopes that some of them will reach the gill arches
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pocketbook mussel: stages? - ANSWER✔✔✔-larvae, ontogeny
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pocketbook mussel: is univalve or bivalve? - ANSWER✔✔✔-bivalve
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pocketbook mussel: the appendage that looks like a fish is an extension
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of what? - ANSWER✔✔✔-mantle (to attract other fish)
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what is the crustacean parasite called? - ANSWER✔✔✔-tongue-eating
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isopod


crustacean parasite: what does this parasite do? - ANSWER✔✔✔-eats
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the blood that innervates the tongue (so tongue atrophies over time
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and the only thing that will be left of the tongue is the base)
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crustacean parasite: what does the parasite eat after there is no tongue
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left? - ANSWER✔✔✔-mucus and blood
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, what is the only known parasite that functionally replaces a organ of the
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host? - ANSWER✔✔✔-crustacean parasite or tongue-eating isopod
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crustacean parasite: which parasite stays in the tongue male or female?
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- ANSWER✔✔✔-female
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crustacean parasite: where does the male of this parasite stay? -
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ANSWER✔✔✔-gill arches |




mammalian parasite: what is this parasite common name called? -
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ANSWER✔✔✔-common vampire bat | |




mammalian parasite: what do they do? - ANSWER✔✔✔-suck blood
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mammalian parasite: are they big or small? - ANSWER✔✔✔-small
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mammalian parasite: How do they get their food? - ANSWER✔✔✔-get
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out at night (when there is no moon) and if there is someone laying
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their at night asleep, they use their wings and legs and creep toward
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their host (use thermal reception in order to know the proper place
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where they need to draw blood) and in their saliva they have
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anticoagulant and anesthetic so you won't even feel when they bite you.
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They will engorge themselves so full of blood to the point that they
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