A liver biopsy of a patient suffering from amoebic hepatic abscess would demonstrate the presence of
trophozoites
cysts
precystic stages
sporozoites
Correct Answer :
D. sporozoites
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stop forming pseudopodia
stop manufacturing metabolic water
burst consequent to osmotic swelling
become static for some time
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feeding only
both (a) and (b)
offence of defence
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cytogamy
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chemo-therapy
chemo-diagnosis
chemo-prophy laxis
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malaria
amoebiasis
tapeworms
ascariasis
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Plasmodium malariae
Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium vivax
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liver
blood
brain
cerebro-spinal fluid
Quinine, utilised in the treatment of malaria, is extracted from
cinnamom
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blister flies
red ants
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Amoeba
Plasmodium
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n Amoeba, when transferred from pond water to distilled water, forms
contractile vacuoles at a slower rate
contractile vacuoles at a faster rate
contractile vacuoles at the same rate
no contractile vacuoles
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water and CO2
water, CO2 and minerals
Water, CO2, minerals and urea
all of these
The rossette stage in lif^ cycle of Plasmodium is found in
blood of man
RBC of man
liver of man
stomach of Anopheles mosquito
An example of dimorphic protozoan is
Amoeba proteus
Paramecium caudatum
Plasmodium
Polystornella
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schizonts
merozoites
ookinetes
sporozoites
A food vacuole develops in Paramecium at the distal end of
cytopharynx
oral grove
cytostome
oesophagus
Locomotory organelles in the parasitic protozoa of class sporozoa are
cilia
flagella
pseudopodia
absent
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nucleus
pseudopodia
ectoplasm
contractile vascule
When kerosene is sprayed on the stagnant water wherein the larvae of Anopheles develop, it
burns the body wall of the larvae
diffuses through the body wall and kills them
suffocates them to death
prevents contact of spiracles with air
The cysts of E.histolytica develop in an infected individual in the
intestinal wall
lumen of intestine
tissues of man
areas of metastatic inversion
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Housefly
Mosquitoes
Tsetse fly
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plasmalemma
pseudopodia
hyaline cap
contractile vacuole
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Entamoeba
Plasmodium
Paramecium
Trypanosoma
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sleeping sickness
chaga's disease
kala azar
oriental sore
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female gametocyte
fertilised microgamete
fertilised macrogamete
ookinete
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Leishmania tropica
Phlebotomus
Balantidium
Leishmania donovani
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merozoite
sporozoite
cryptozoite
trophozoite
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cycloid
cyclic vascular path
cyclosis
cyclosphere
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