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WorksheetsCiliophora & sporozoa (Protozoa)
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 14mins
ovoid body with many oblique rows of cilia,incospicuous mouth & cytopharynx,
lives in human cecum and colon, may cause balantidial dysentry
form cysts in the host feeces.
Balatidium sp
didinium sp
Ephelota sp
Paramecium sp
ovoid body, anterior flattened with central projecting cone,
two ciliary bands around the body,
carnivorous, eats only paramecium.
Didinium sp
Balantidium sp
Ephelota
Paramecium
ovoid body, has piercing and sucking tentacles
macronucleus is highly branched, reproduction by external budding.
Ephelota sp
Balantidium sp
Didinium sp
Paramecium sp
slipper like animal, anterior end is blunt and posterior pointed,
cysytome(mouth) is situated near oral grove end,
cilia are arranged all over the surface,pellicle is present
2 contractile vacuoles
Paramecium sp
Ephelota sp
Didinium sp
Balantidium sp
has a bell shaped body attached to a stalk, stalk contain contractile fibril(myoneme)
mouth is located anteriorly with cilia surrounding it,
No cilia cover the protozoan body.
Vorticella sp
Paramecium sp
Ephelota sp
Didinium sp
cone shaped body,uniformly ciliated, water vesicle is anterior
cilia spirally arranged around the mouth,
have beaded macronucleus, are omnivorous
stentor sp
Vorticella sp
Ephelota sp
Balantidium sp
one of the larger ciliates, cylindrical body, somewhat flattened,
ectoplasm has strong myonemes which contract the body to 1/4 its length
feed on bacteria and small flagellates, water vesicle is rear
spirostomum sp
Stertor sp
Ephelota sp
Vorticella sp
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is the most important protozoan-caused human disease.
Malaria
gambian disease
Typhoid
Sporozoites are passes to human by the bite of a .................., which is the vector.
mosquito (Anopheles)
Tse tse fly
grasshopper
............. invade red blood cells (RBC) and complete another round of multiplication within 48 –72 hours,
merozoites
sporozoites
plasmodium
.......... invade hepatocytes in the liver and over approximately one week, undergo asexual multiplication,
sporozoites
merozoites
Plasmodium
Some invading merozoites do not divide, but differentiate into male ...............and female ................. sexual forms.
exflagellation microgametocyte, macrogametocyte
macrogametocyte, exflagellation microgametocyte,
identify the phylum
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Identify the label parts
A-cystostome
B-proboscisis
c-pectinella
D-Contractile vacuoles
E- Macronucleus
A-cystostome
B-proboscisis
c-pectinella
D-Macronucleus
E- Contractile vacuoles
A-proboscisis
B-cystostome
c-pectinella
D-Macronucleus
E- Contractile vacuoles
feed on bacteria and small flagellates
spirostomum sp
Didinium sp
Difflugia sp
stentor sp
Omnivorous (eating both animal and vegetable).
stentor sp
Didinium sp
Difflugia sp
spirostomum sp
Carnivorous, eats only paramecium.
Didinium sp
stentor sp
Difflugia sp
spirostomum
