Define These Obligate Parasite Terms Flashcards

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Question 1
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Question 2
Answer 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Question 4
ENDOPARASITE
Parasite living inside the host
Question 5
ECTOPARASITE
Parasite that live on the external surface of a host
OBLIGATE PARASITE
Unable to grow outside of a living host
FACULTATIVE PARASITE
An organism that may resort to parasite activity, but does not absolutely rely on any host for completion its life cycle
Question 8
A relationship 2 organism which one benefits and the other is harmed
Question 9
A relationship 2 organism where one benefits and the other is neither harmed or benefited
Question 10
A relationship 2 species which both get benefits
Question 11
State the name of the organism
Entamoeba histolytica
Identify the disease
Amebiasis
How it is trasmitted
Transmitted via the fecal-oral route by contaminated water or food
Identify the body system most commonly affect
  • Parasite reproduce in the digestive tract and migrate to the large intestine
  • This cause bloody diarrhea. colitis and tissue destruction
Question 15
State the name of the organism
Giardia lamblia