Life Cycle of Ascaris Parasite Quiz

Hookworm infection may present with symptoms such as petechial hemorrhages in the intestines, blood-streaked stools, mild anemia, diarrhea, and rectal ______

The diagnostic stage of hookworm infection involves the detection of ______ (unembryonated) in stool

Hookworm infection is transmitted through ingestion of ______

Adult hookworms primarily inhabit the ______

The morphology of an adult male hookworm includes a copulatory bursa, a fanlike structure with ribs, used for ______

The anterior end of hookworms like Necator americanus has a semilunar cutting plate, while Ancylostoma braziliense has 2 pairs of teeth, Ancylostoma caninum has 3 pairs of teeth, and Ancylostoma duodenale has ______ pairs of teeth

Ascaris Lumbricoides is also known as Giant intestinal ______

Ascaris Lumbricoides is one of the most common parasitic infections around the world. It is the most common ______ worldwide.

In most infections of Ascaris Lumbricoides, the ______ are fertile.

Around 3 weeks after being passed in the feces, Ascaris Lumbricoides eggs will be ______ in soil, thus already infective.

Enterobius vermicularis is commonly found in the ______

Filariae and T.spiralis larvae are examples of ______ nematodes.

Ascaris suum is a parasite of ______

Trichuris trichiura is commonly known as the ______

Ascaris is the third most common ______ of humans

The posterior two-fifths of Ascaris suum is ______ than the anterior three-fifths

Ascaris ova are football-shaped/barrel-shaped/Japanese lantern shaped with ______ plugs

The infective stage of hookworm is the filariform ______

Hookworm transmission can occur through skin ______ or ingestion

Hookworms primarily inhabit the ______ intestine

The diagnostic stage of hookworm infection involves the detection of unembryonated ova in ______

Hookworm larvae penetrate the intact skin, reach the bloodstream, migrate to the heart and lungs, then migrate to the upper respiratory tract before being ______

Cutaneous larva migrans, creeping eruptions, and Loeffler’s syndrome are clinical manifestations of hookworm infection besides abdominal pain, steatorrhea, bloody diarrhea, and iron deficiency ______

Life Cycle Ingestion > intestine > penetrate intestinal wall > enter bloodstream > heart, lung migration > pulmonary capillaries > alveolar sacs > travel to the URT > swallowed again back into the intestine where it will mature as adults Clinical Manifestations: Pneumonitis (hypersensitivity reaction)first possible clinical manifestation.Allergy and peripheral eosinophilia.Intestinal ascariasis - abdominal pain, lactose intolerance, bowel obstruction Erratic migration of adults may have serious effects Biliary obstruction ฀ Appendicitis ฀ Pancreatitis Diagnosis: Detection of eggs (unembryonated) in stool Moan Test Sputum Summary Infective Stage: Mode of Transmission: Adult Habitat: Diagnostic Stage: Summary Infective Stage: Embyonated Ova Mode of Transmission: Adult Habitat: Diagnostic Stage: Summary Infective Stage: Embryonated Ova Mode of Transmission: ingestion Adult Habitat: Diagnostic Stage: Summary Infective Stage: Embryonated Ova Mode of Transmission: ingestion Adult Habitat: Small Intestine Diagnostic Stage: Summary Infective Stage: Embryonated Ova Mode of Transmission: ingestion Adult Habitat: Small Intestine Diagnostic Stage: Unembryonated ova.

Clinical Manifestations: Pneumonitis (hypersensitivity reaction)first possible clinical manifestation.Allergy and peripheral eosinophilia.Intestinal ______ - abdominal pain, lactose intolerance, bowel obstruction Erratic migration of adults may have serious effects Biliary obstruction ฀ Appendicitis ฀ Pancreatitis Diagnosis: Detection of eggs (unembryonated) in stool Moan Test Sputum

Summary Infective Stage: Mode of Transmission: Adult Habitat: Diagnostic Stage: Summary Infective Stage: Embyonated Ova Mode of Transmission: Adult Habitat: Diagnostic Stage: Summary Infective Stage: Embryonated Ova Mode of Transmission: ingestion Adult Habitat: Diagnostic Stage: Summary Infective Stage: Embryonated Ova Mode of Transmission: ingestion Adult Habitat: Small Intestine Diagnostic Stage: Summary Infective Stage: Embryonated Ova Mode of Transmission: ingestion Adult Habitat: Small Intestine Diagnostic Stage: Unembryonated ______.

Life Cycle ______ > intestine > penetrate intestinal wall > enter bloodstream > heart, lung migration > pulmonary capillaries > alveolar sacs > travel to the URT > swallowed again back into the intestine where it will mature as adults

Intestinal ______ - abdominal pain, lactose intolerance, bowel obstruction Erratic migration of adults may have serious effects Biliary obstruction ฀ Appendicitis ฀ Pancreatitis Diagnosis: Detection of eggs (unembryonated) in stool Moan Test Sputum

Detection of eggs (unembryonated) in stool Moan Test Sputum Summary Infective Stage: Mode of Transmission: Adult Habitat: Diagnostic Stage: Summary Infective Stage: ______ Ova Mode of Transmission: Adult Habitat: Diagnostic Stage: Summary Infective Stage: Embryonated Ova Mode of Transmission: ingestion Adult Habitat: Diagnostic Stage: Summary Infective Stage: Embryonated Ova Mode of Transmission: ingestion Adult Habitat: Small Intestine Diagnostic Stage: Unembryonated ova.