Exam 11: Eukaryotic Microorganisms and Parasites

Fungi are never _____.

Protozoa are almost always:

Mushrooms,as well as the human pathogen Cryptococcus are classified in the phylum _____.

Which factor(s)has/have contributed to malaria's recent comeback?

Cells walls in fungi are often made of _____.

The Guinea worm is carried by:

A typical fungus consists of a mass called a ________ made up of many threadlike structures called ________ .

Which of the following statements about protists is true?

Organisms that obtain nutrients from decaying matter are called _____.

Flatworms are known scientifically as _____.

What are the four groups of parasitic helminthes? Name one parasitic helminth in each group that causes human disease and describe its hosts and transmission.

Parasites which live within the bodies of other organisms are classified as _____.

Arthropods are responsible for transmitting ________ pathogens.

Tapeworms consist of a head end and a long chain of hermaphroditic segments,each of which is called a ________.

An organism that lives at the expense of another organism is a _____.

The only non-motile group of protozoans is the _____.

Many protists have shells of calcium carbonate called _____.

One major difference between flatworms and roundworms is that _____.