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| + | |linktext =HELMINTHS | ||
| + | |sublink1 =Flash Cards - WikiBugs | ||
| + | |subtext1 =WIKIBUGS FLASHCARDS | ||
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| + | ==<font color="purple">Cestodes</font>== | ||
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| + | !width="400"|'''Question''' | ||
| + | !width="400"|'''Answer''' | ||
| + | !width="150"|'''Article''' | ||
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| + | |<big>'''Fill in the missing words about cestodes''' | ||
| + | ||<big>A cestode (tapeworm) is a chain (<font color="white">'''''strobila'''''</font>) of progressively maturing reproductive units called <font color="white">'''''proglottids'''''</font> anchored at one end to the intestinal wall by a hold-fast organ called the <font color="white">'''''scolex'''''</font>. | ||
| + | ||[[Cyclophyllidea#Introduction|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| + | |<big>'''What species of Taenia occur in dogs?''' | ||
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> | ||
| + | *'''''Taenia ovis''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Taenia hydatigena''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Taenia pisiformis''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Taenia multiceps''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Taenia serialis''''' | ||
| + | ||[[Taenia#Introduction|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| + | |<big>'''Describe the features of a cysticercus''' | ||
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> | ||
| + | *'''''Fluid filled bladder, containing a single invaginated head (protoscolex) - seen as a white blob on the wall of the cyst''''' | ||
| + | ||[[Cyclophyllidea#Life-Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| + | |<big>'''In which host(s) would you expect to find the cysticercus of ''T. hydatigena'' and where in the host might it be found?''' | ||
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> | ||
| + | *'''''Sheep (mostly)'''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Cattle''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Pigs''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Found in the peritoneal cavity | ||
| + | ||[[Taenia#Structure and Function|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| + | |<big>'''What is the difference between a coenurus and a cysticercus?''' | ||
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> | ||
| + | *'''''A coenurus is a fluid filled bladder with multiples (dozens) of inverted scolices attached to the wall''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Whereas the cysticercus has only a single inverted scolex.''''' | ||
| + | ||[[Cyclophyllidea#Life-Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| + | |<big>'''How does the distribution of hydatid cysts differ in sheep, horses and humans?''' | ||
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| + | *'''''Sheep = most are in the lungs with smaller numbers in the liver''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Horses = nearly all are in the liver''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Humans = most are in the liver, with some in the lungs and a few elsewhere''''' | ||
| + | ||[[Echinococcus#Life-Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| + | |<big>'''What tapeworms occur in the cat?''' | ||
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> | ||
| + | *'''''Taenia taeniaeformis''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Dipylidium''''' | ||
| + | ||[[Taenia#Introduction|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| + | |<big>'''Why is it so difficult to prevent many cats from becoming re-infected with ''T. taeniaeformis''?''' | ||
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> | ||
| + | *'''''The intermediate hosts are mice and other small mammals that are hunted''''' | ||
| + | ||[[Taenia#Taenia spp of the Cat|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| + | |<big>'''Where in the host (horse) would you expect to find ''Anoplocephala''?''' | ||
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> | ||
| + | *'''''Ileo-caecal junction''''' | ||
| + | ||[[Anoplocephala#Life-Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| + | |<big>'''Why are ''Anoplocephala'' eggs rarely seen on routine faecal examination?''' | ||
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> | ||
| + | *'''''They are dense structures and do not always float in the flotation media used in routine diagnosis''''' | ||
| + | ||[[Anoplocephala#Life-Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| + | |<big>'''Why is it so difficult to prevent grazing horses from becoming re-infected with ''Anoplocephala''?''' | ||
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> | ||
| + | *'''''The intermediate hosts are ubiquitous free-living pasture mites''''' | ||
| + | ||[[Anoplocephala#Life-Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| + | |<big>'''Describe the appearance of ''Moniezia''''' | ||
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> | ||
| + | *'''''Long tapeworm (up to 2m)''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Segments much wider than they are long''''' | ||
| + | ||[[Moniezia#Introduction|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| + | |<big>'''Why is ''T. solium'' more dangerous to human health than ''T. saginata''?''' | ||
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> | ||
| + | *'''''If T. solium eggs get into the human small intestine, they will hatch and cysticerci can establish in the musculature and CNS. This does not happen with T. saginata.''''' | ||
| + | ||[[Taenia#T. solium, the Pork Tapeworm of Humans|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| − | '''[[ | + | ==<font color="purple">Trematodes</font>== |
| + | {| border="3" cellpadding="8" | ||
| + | !width="400"|'''Question''' | ||
| + | !width="400"|'''Answer''' | ||
| + | !width="150"|'''Article''' | ||
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| + | |<big>'''What are the most diagnostic features of the ''Fasciola hepatica'' egg?''' | ||
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> | ||
| + | *'''''Oval and brown''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Granular contents''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Operculum ('trap-door') at one end''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Double the size of a typical strongyle egg''''' | ||
| + | ||[[Trematodes#Life-cycle stages|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| + | |<big>'''Fill in the missing words about ''Lymnaea truncatula''''' | ||
| + | ||<big>''Lymnaea truncatula'' is the intermediate host for (<font color="white">'''''Fasciola hepatica'''''</font>). It is found in <font color="white">'''''muddy areas'''''</font>, and feeds on <font color="white">'''''slimy green algae'''''</font>. It has a <font color="white">'''''brown-black shell'''''</font> with 5-6 spirals. | ||
| + | ||[[Fasciola#Lymnaea truncatula|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| + | |<big>'''What is the post mortem appearance of the liver in cases of acute fasciolosis?''' | ||
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> | ||
| + | *'''''Haemorrhagic tracts''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Enlarged, pale and friable''''' | ||
| + | ||[[Fasciola#Pathogenesis of acute fasciolosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| + | |<big>'''What time of year do the clinical signs of chronic fasciolosis become apparent?''' | ||
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> | ||
| + | *'''''January - March''''' | ||
| + | ||[[Fasciola#Chronic fasciolosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| + | |<big>'''Why is ''Dicrocoelium'' less pathogenic than ''Fasciola''?''' | ||
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> | ||
| + | *'''''Migrates directly up the common bile duct and therefore does NOT migrate through the parenchyma (unlike ''Fasciola'')''''' | ||
| + | ||[[Dicrocoelium#Dicrocoelium dendriticum|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| + | |<big>'''Is ''Paramphistomum'' found in the UK?''' | ||
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> | ||
| + | *'''''Rare in the UK, but can cause severe losses in ruminants in the wet tropics''''' | ||
| + | ||[[Paramphistomum#Paramphistomum Species|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| + | |<big>'''What is the major cause of pathogenicity in schistosome infections?''' | ||
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> | ||
| + | *'''''The eggs have a spike to help them work their way into the intestine or urinary bladder''''' | ||
| + | *'''''This causes mechanical damage and inflammatory responses that are exacerbated by antigens released by the eggs''''' | ||
| + | ||[[Schistosoma#Schistosoma Species|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
| + | |} | ||
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| − | '''[[ | + | ==<font color="purple">Nematodes</font>== |
| − | + | {| border="3" cellpadding="8" | |
| − | '''[[ | + | !width="400"|'''Question''' |
| − | + | !width="400"|'''Answer''' | |
| − | + | !width="150"|'''Article''' | |
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| + | |<big>'''What is the function of the bursa in bursate nematodes?''' | ||
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> | ||
| + | *'''''Clasp the female during mating''''' | ||
| + | ||[[Nematodes#Recognition Features|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| + | |<big>'''Which four superfamilies have bursate males?''' | ||
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> | ||
| + | *'''''Trichostrongyloidea''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Strongyloidea''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Ancylostomoidea (the hookworms)''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Metastrongyloidea''''' | ||
| + | ||[[Nematodes#Nematode Superfamilies|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| + | |<big>'''What are the different ways in which intestinal nematodes can feed?''' | ||
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> | ||
| + | *'''''Swallow ingesta and/or host secretions''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Suck a plug of mucosa into the buccal cavity (plug feeders), leaving a circular ulcer''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Bury the head deep into the mucosa and suck blood''''' | ||
| + | ||[[Nematodes#Nematode Superfamilies|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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| + | |<big>'''Name the six different non-bursate nematode superfamilies''' | ||
| + | ||<font color="white"> <big> | ||
| + | *'''''Ascaridoidea''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Oxyuroidea''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Rhabditoidea''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Trichinelloidea''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Spiruroidea''''' | ||
| + | *'''''Filarioidea''''' | ||
| + | ||[[Nematodes#Feeding Habits|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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Cestodes
| Question | Answer | Article |
|---|---|---|
| Fill in the missing words about cestodes | A cestode (tapeworm) is a chain (strobila) of progressively maturing reproductive units called proglottids anchored at one end to the intestinal wall by a hold-fast organ called the scolex. | Link to Answer Article |
| What species of Taenia occur in dogs? |
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Link to Answer Article |
| Describe the features of a cysticercus |
|
Link to Answer Article |
| In which host(s) would you expect to find the cysticercus of T. hydatigena and where in the host might it be found? |
|
Link to Answer Article |
| What is the difference between a coenurus and a cysticercus? |
|
Link to Answer Article |
| How does the distribution of hydatid cysts differ in sheep, horses and humans? |
|
Link to Answer Article |
| What tapeworms occur in the cat? |
|
Link to Answer Article |
| Why is it so difficult to prevent many cats from becoming re-infected with T. taeniaeformis? |
|
Link to Answer Article |
| Where in the host (horse) would you expect to find Anoplocephala? |
|
Link to Answer Article |
| Why are Anoplocephala eggs rarely seen on routine faecal examination? |
|
Link to Answer Article |
| Why is it so difficult to prevent grazing horses from becoming re-infected with Anoplocephala? |
|
Link to Answer Article |
| Describe the appearance of Moniezia |
|
Link to Answer Article |
| Why is T. solium more dangerous to human health than T. saginata? |
|
Link to Answer Article |
Trematodes
| Question | Answer | Article |
|---|---|---|
| What are the most diagnostic features of the Fasciola hepatica egg? |
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Link to Answer Article |
| Fill in the missing words about Lymnaea truncatula | Lymnaea truncatula is the intermediate host for (Fasciola hepatica). It is found in muddy areas, and feeds on slimy green algae. It has a brown-black shell with 5-6 spirals. | Link to Answer Article |
| What is the post mortem appearance of the liver in cases of acute fasciolosis? |
|
Link to Answer Article |
| What time of year do the clinical signs of chronic fasciolosis become apparent? |
|
Link to Answer Article |
| Why is Dicrocoelium less pathogenic than Fasciola? |
|
Link to Answer Article |
| Is Paramphistomum found in the UK? |
|
Link to Answer Article |
| What is the major cause of pathogenicity in schistosome infections? |
|
Link to Answer Article |
Nematodes
| Question | Answer | Article |
|---|---|---|
| What is the function of the bursa in bursate nematodes? |
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Link to Answer Article |
| Which four superfamilies have bursate males? |
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Link to Answer Article |
| What are the different ways in which intestinal nematodes can feed? |
|
Link to Answer Article |
| Name the six different non-bursate nematode superfamilies |
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Link to Answer Article |