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Animalia II

Nematodes (roundworms)

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Which of the following nematodes does not pass through the lungs during its life cycle?

Ancylostoma duodenale

Necator americanus

Capillaria philippinensis

Ascaris lumbricoides

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Which of the following stages of Ancylostoma duodenale is infective to human beings?

Rhabditiform larva

Eggs

Filariform larva

Adult worm

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Which is the feeding stage of Necator americanus?

Rhabditiform larva

Eggs

Filariform larva

Adult worm

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What does parthenogenic mean?

Development of an diploblastic embryo.

Development of a fertilized egg into an organism

Development of an unfertilized egg into an organism

Development of an triploblastic embryo.

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What are Lophotrochozoans?

Animals with a ciliated larval phase.

Animals that have shared derived characteristics.

Ancient Eukaryotes.

Animals with a crown of ciliated tentacles.

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Ecdysozoans have what?

Three germ layers.

Exoskeletons or tough cuticles that periodically shed.

A lateral line system.

All characteristics of animals.

No true head.

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Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia microfilariae have a diurnal periodicity.

True

False

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If an unsheathed mirofilariae that is 250 - 300 microns long (big at x100) has nuclei that don't go to its tail tip it is:

Mansonella Ozzardi

Onchocerca volvulus

Brugia malayi

Wuchereria bancrofti

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The L1 larvae of W.bancrofti and B.malayi develop to L3 larvae in the...

Human blood

Midgut of the mosquito vector

Thoracic muscles of the mosquito vector

Human lymphatics

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