LEC PARA

• Deals with organisms that take up their abodes, temporary or permanently on or within other living organisms for the purpose of procurring food, and with the relationship of these organisms to their hosts?

  Parasitology
• What are the classification of parasites?

  Pathogenecity, Need for host and number of host required in the life cycle
• It harbors the Adult and/or the Sexual stage of the parasite?

  Definitive Host
• Harbors the Larva and/or the Asexual stage of the parasite?

  Intermediate Host
• "Phoretic" "Transport" Harbors the parasite that does not undergo ay development, remains alive, and is able to infect another susceptible host?

  Paratenic Host
• Living together of two unlike Organism. May also involve protection, nourishment and shelter to one or both organism?

  Symbiosis
• Different Symbiosis?

  Commensalism, Mutualism and Parasitism
• "Eating at the same table" a symbiotic relationship in which two species live together and one species benefits from the relationship without harming or benefiting the other?

  Commensalism
• Is a symbiosis in which two organism mutually benefit from each other?

  Mutualism
• A symbiotic relationship where one organism, the parasite lives in or on another, depending on the latter for its survival and usually the expense of the host?

  Parasitism
• Required in the development of the parasite?

  Biological Vector
• For transport only vector?

  Phoretic Transport
• "Monoxenous" Only 1 host in the entire life cycle?

  Direct
• "Heteroxenous" Two or more hosts in the life cycle?

  Indirect
• Usual life cycle?

  Egg, Larva And adult
• Elongated, bilaterally symmetrical, cylindrical, and unsegmented?

  Phylum Nematoda
• Smooth cuticle, unstraited, and nonsegmented?

  Ascaris Lumbricoides Adult Worms
• Male A.lumbricoides adult worm size?

  10-31cm
• Female A. umbricodes adult worm size?

  22-35cm
• No outer albuminous membrane?

  Decorticated
• T. Trichiura adult worms size MALE AND FEMALE?

  Male - 30-45mm, Female - 35-50mm
• Trichuris Trichiura pathology?

  Appendicitis and Trichuriasis
• Necator Americanus adult worms size male and female?

  Male - 5-9mm, Female - 9-11mm
• has 2 ventral pairs of fused teeth?

  Ancylostoma Duodenale
• Has 3 ventral pairs of Fused teeth?

  Ancylostoma Caninum
• Has 2 ventral pairs of unfused teeth?

  Ancylostoma braziliense
• E. vermicularis adult worm size male and female?

  Male - 2-5mm, Female - 8-13mm long