Biology 545
HUMAN PARASITOLOGY
Sample exam

Note: A species is binomial. Do not abbreviate.

1. Provide the appropriate species (2 points each; 40 points total). In a few cases, more than one species of worm may apply, but just give one answer. Also, a species of worm may be used more than once.

   1. Transmitted by blackflies.

   2. Finger clubbing.

   3. Pica.

   4. Egg flattened on one side.

   5. Bipolar plugs on eggs.

   6. Calcified larvae in skeletal muscle.

   7. River blindness.

   8. Sushi.

   9. Adults in subcutaneous nodules.

   10. Rhabditiform larvae in feces.

   11. Eggs in urine.

   12. Common in raccoon intestine.

   13. Calabar swellings.

   14. Serpent on a staff.

   15. Parthenogenic females.

   16. Chyluria.

   17. Eggs in liver tissue.

   18. Prolapsed rectum.

   19. Elephantiasis below the waist.

   20. Heartworm.

   
   

2. Name 5 species of nematode commonly found in animals other than humans, but will occasionally infect humans (2 points each, 10 points total).

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3. List 4 characteristics of microfilariae commonly used to distinguish species of filarids (2 points each, 8 points total).

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4. Name a drug useful for treating many intestinal nematode infections (2 points).

   
   

   
   

5. Diagram the complete life cycle of Dracunculus medinensis. Be sure to label all stages (7 points total).

   
   

   
   

6. Diagram the entire life cycle of Trichinella spiralis. Be sure to label all stages (8 points total).