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| To what phylum does the worm with a head that looks like rotaing wheels belong? |
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| looks like rotating wheels |
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| fresh water, marine, terrestrial, parasitic (can survive dehydration) |
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| What is the body shape of a round worm? |
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| What is the habitat of a round worm? |
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| fresh water, soil, marine, parasitic |
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| What is the waxy coating on a round worm called? |
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| What kind of muscles do round worms have? |
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| Longitudinal muscles – 4 cords |
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| What kind of a skelton does a round worm have? |
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| What are the parts of a round worm's digestive system? |
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| Mouth, pharynx, intestine, rectum, anus |
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| What does a round worm eat? |
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| rotifers, small worms, plant juices, host tissue |
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| How many nerve cords does a round worm have? |
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| Round worms have a ring of nervous tissue around this. |
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| What are the parts of the excretory system of a round worm? |
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One or more large gland cells or canal system (filter waste)
Empty out excretory pore |
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| Are round worms monoecious, dioecious or both? |
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| Which round worm is larger, the male or the female? |
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| Used by male round worms to open the females reproductive tracts and inject sperm |
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| How are the sperm of the round worm unique? |
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| they lack flagella and move by pseudopodia, like amoebas |
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| Does fertilization of round worms take place externally or internally? |
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| How many stages of molting do juvenile asacaris worms have? |
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| How are humans infected with the asacris worm? |
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| The eggs are swallowed by the host. |
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| What organs are affected by the asacris worm? |
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Veins
Heart
Lungs (trachea) cough/swallow
Stomach
About two months later… intestine |
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| How do ascaris eggs get out of the body of the host? |
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| Who is more infected by ascaris worms, boys or girls? |
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| What symptoms do ascaris worms cause? |
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| Nausea, vomiting, intestinal cramping |
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| Ascaris worms that emerge from anus, throat, eustachian tubes (ears) |
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| What worm has plates in it's mouth that it uses to cut the intestine of it's host and suck blood? |
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Anemia (lack of RBC’s)
In children:
Mental retardation
Stunted growth |
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| What organs are affected by hookworms? |
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Blood
Lungs (cough and swallow)
intestine |
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| The pork infesting worm is? |
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| What is different about the life cylce of the trichina worm? |
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| The female produces live young. |
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| What organs are affected by the trichina worm? |
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Blood vessels
Skeletal muscle – cyst
intestine |
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| What is the most common worm to infect people in the US. |
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| from child to child on clothing, bedding toys… then they put their fingers in their mouth |
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| What do female pinworms do at night? |
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| migrate to outside the anus to lay eggs |
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Itchiness around anus
Restless sleep
Irritability
Loss of appetite
Many affected people have no symptoms |
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Wash hands frequently
Keep your child's fingernails trimmed
Discourage your child from nail-biting and putting things in his/her mouth
Make sure your child wears clean underwear |
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| In what kind of climate are filiarial worms found? |
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| What system of the body do filiarial worms obstruct? |
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| What condition is caused by the filarial worm? |
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Take preventative medications when traveling
Avoid mosquito bites (mosquitoes serve as vectors)
Live somewhere else!!!! |
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| What is another name for Toxacara canis? |
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| How long can canine roundworm eggs stay in the soil? |
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| What part of the body does the canine roundworm travel to in dogs? |
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| can travel to eye… scar, blind, migrate to liver or spleen |
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| Can humans be infected by canine roundworm? |
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| DUSN is carried by what animal? |
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| attacks retina, ocular migraines |
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| Where does the guinea worm live when it is outside the body? |
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| Where does the female guinea worm migrate to in the body? |
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| The skin, usually in the feet, ankles and legs. |
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| What happens to the male guinea worm after in reproduces? |
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| large painful water filled blister, worm under skin |
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