Protozoa Flashcards

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Protozoa

Question	Answer	Article
What are the four different ways protozoa can move?	Cilia Flagellum Pseduopodia Gliding	Link to Answer Article
How do protozoa reproduce?	By binary fission By schizogony By sporogony By gametogeny	Link to Answer Article
Briefly summarise the life cycle of protozoa	The infectious sporozoite are released from the oocyst invading epithelial tissue The nucleus of the sporozoites divides forming a schizont which contains merozoites (schizogony) Schizont ruptures releasing merozoites which form micro and macrogamonts in the epithelial tissue (gametogeny) Microgamonts penetrate the macrogamont forming the zygote The zygote forms the oocyst which is passed in the faeces Sporulation occurs which makes the oocyst infectious	Link to Answer Article