Biology 545
HUMAN PARASITOLOGY
Sample exam

1. Provide the name of the species (or in some cases genus or common name) of a parasite associated with each of the following (2 pts each, 40 points total). If more than one answer applies, just give one answer. An answer may be used more than once.

   
   

   1. Possesses a proboscis with hooks (common name only).

   2. Soft tick that is sometimes found in the ear.

   3. A species of flea where the female burrows into skin.

   4. Maggots that suck blood.

   5. Body louse.

   6. Crab louse.

   7. Transmits Lyme disease.

   8. Both genal and pronotal combs.

   9. Lone star tick.

   10. an arthropod that lives in hair follicles.

   11. Lays eggs in wounds.

   12. Primary screwworm.

   13. Genus of tick with no festoons.

   14. Fly that gives birth to live larvae (genus only).

   15. American dog tick.

   16. Human botfly.

   17. Bedbug.

   18. Blackfly (genus only).

   19. Tsetse fly (genus only).

   20. Sandfly (genus only).

   
   

2. Below are a list of diseases/parasites. Please provide the name of a species of arthropod, pentastome, leech, or acanthocephalan associated with that disease (2 pts each; 20 points total).
   1. Trypanosoma cruzi (common name).

   2. Leishmaniasis (genus only)

   3. Plasmodium falciparum (genus only).

   4. Onchocerca volvulus (genus only).

   5. Bubonic plague.

   6. Loa loa (genus only).

   7. 7-year itch.

   8. Dipylidium caninum.

   9. Lyme disease.

   10. Babesia spp.

   
   

3. Diagram the complete life-cycle of Cimex lectularis (10 points).

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

4. Write in the name of a parasite that resides at the site of infection listed below. Some answers may be used more than once, and more than one answer may apply to a question (2 points each; 20 points total).
   1. Lung

   2. Bile duct

   3. Brain

   4. Skin

   5. Mouth

   6. Urogenital tract

   7. Small intestine

   8. Large intestine

   9. Blood

   10. Cardiac muscle

   
   

5. Please write in the name of a suitable intermediate host for each of the parasites listed below (2 points each; 20 points total).
   1. Plasmodium vivax

   2. Dicrocoelium dendriticum

   3. Hymenolepis diminuta

   4. Loa loa

   5. Anasakis simplex

   6. Dracunculus medinenisis

   7. Babesia spp

   8. Taenia saginatus

   9. Sarcocystis suihominis

   10. Paragonimus westermani

   
   

6. List 5 species of parasites that you acquire by ingestion of undercooked meat (1 point each; 5 points total).
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7. Give common names for 5 species of parasitic arthropod that you might/could find in someones apartment here in Manhattan, Kansas (1 point each; 5 points total).
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8. Name 5 species of parasite that could be in or on your dog here in Manhattan, Kansas and that could (potentially) infect you (1 point each; 5 points total).
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