Parasites

Identify the correct definition of the term parasite:

• A micro-organism that invades host cells and replicates inside them
• An organism that lives in or on another living body to benefit the host
• An organism that lives in or on another living body to benefit itself

Endoparasites live inside the body.......

• True

• False

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What is an ectoparasite?

• A parasite which lives on the inside of the host

• A parasite which bites its host

• A parasite which lives on the outside of its host

When cats lick and ingest this external parasite, it can cause the internal parasite - tapeworm. 

• Flea
• Tick
• Lice
• Mites

This external parasite feeds on epidermal (skin) debris and earwax. 

• Ear Mites
• Fleas
• Ear Ticks
• Mosquitos

What does the term Helminths mean?

• The clinical term for worms

• The clinical term for protozoal parasites

• The intermediate host for Toxocara Canis

• A type of burrowing mite

Giardia, a parasite that is a protozoan, is classified in which Kingdom?

• Kingdom Plantae

• Kingdom Animalia

• Kingdom Protista

• Kingdom Fungi

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A host in which the parasite is dormant is called a/an ________?

• Intermediate host

• Definitive host

• Paratenic host

• Reservoir host

What is a definitive host? 

• An organism that any parasite can live on.
• The last organism that a parasite uses to live.
• The organism that parasitic eggs are laid on. 
• An organism that parasites find easily. 

Many parasites can cause _________________ diseases.