12 Questions
What is the difference between ectoparasites and endoparasites?
Ectoparasites live on the outer surface of the host while endoparasites live inside the host's body.
Which type of parasite is entirely dependent on the host during a segment or all of its life cycle?
Obligate parasite
What distinguishes accidental parasites from other types of parasites?
They attack unnatural hosts and survive.
Which type of parasite can adapt to a parasitic way of life but is not entirely dependent on it?
Facultative parasite
What characterizes an erratic parasite?
It wanders into an organ where it is not usually found.
Why is understanding opportunistic parasites gaining importance?
Due to their high pathogenic nature in immunocompetent individuals.
What type of host is a host that undergoes a sexual method of reproduction for the parasite?
Definitive host
Which type of host serves as a temporary refuge and vehicle for reaching an obligatory host, usually the definitive host?
Paratenic host
What type of symbiotic relationship exists when both partners are metabolically dependent upon each other?
Mutualism
In which symbiotic relationship does one partner benefit without causing harm to the other?
Commensalism
Which type of host makes the parasite available for transmission to another host and is usually not affected by the infection?
Reservoir host
What kind of organism is considered a symbiont if it spends a portion or all of its life cycle intimately associated with another organism of a different species?
Symbiote
Learn about different kinds of parasites including ectoparasites (living on the outer surface), endoparasites (living inside the host), obligate parasites (completely dependent on the host), and facultative parasites (exhibiting both parasitic and non-parasitic modes of living).
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