Fasciola hepatica is a
Free living fluke
Ectoparasite
Endoparasite
Ecto and endoparasite
Correct Answer :
C. Endoparasite
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Platyhelminthes are best described as
flatworms, triploblastic, acoelomate animals
flatworms, diploblastic, acoelomate animals
flatworms, triploblastic, coelomates
flat worms, pseudocoelomates
The second host of Taenia solium is
pig
female anopheles
cow
culex
Miracidium is a larval stage in the development of
Taenia solium
Fasciola hepatica
Ascaris lumbricoides
Echinococcurs granulosus
In Fasciola hepatica, germ cells of the redia larva give rise to
daughter miracidia
daughter redia
daughter cercaria
daughter sporocyst
In the life cycle of Taenia, the six hooks of hexacanth stage help in
sticking to the tongue of the intermediate host
boring through the wall of intestine of the intermediate host
boring through the wall of proglottid to be released on the grass
anchoring to the intestinal wall of intermediate host
Microfilaria refer to
male Wuchereria bancrofti
female Wuchereria bancrofti
juveniles of Wuchereria
flame cells
Intermediate host of Taenia saginata is
pig
cow
man
snail
In helminthes, flame cells are components of their
nervous system
reproductive system
respiratory system
excretory system
YVhieh of the following have a single gut opening through which food enters and wastes leave the body ?
Planaria only
Planaria and Fasciola
Planaria, Fasciola and Taenia
Planaria, Fasciola, Taenia and Ascaris
In Phylum Platyhelminthes, the excretory organs are
nephridia
malpighian tubules
flame cells (solenocytes)
green glands
Oncosphere larva belongs to
Taenia solium
Ascaris lumbricoides
Pheretima posthuma
Ancylostoma duodenale
Filarial larvae are found in men's
smear of spleen
biopsy of liver
peripheral blood at midnight
smear of intestinal contents
The disease "Bilharzia" which is common in china and middle east is caused by
Blood fluke Schistosoma
Eschinostoma
Wuchereria
Taenia saginata
Which of the parasites has no alimentary canal ?
Liver fluke
Ascaris
Tapeworm
Pin worm
The intermediate host of Fasciola is
Pig
Lamellidens
Helix
Limrea truncatula
Flame cells are ciliated structures having to do with the function of
digestion
respiration
assimilation
excretion
Tapeworms obtain their nutrition from the host by
sucking
scraping
absorption through integument
preparing own food.
Six-hooked embryo of Taenia is known as
onchosphere
hexacanth
embryophore
cysticercus
Taenia solium lacks alimentary canal because
it does not require any food
it lives in intestine
it has saprozoic mode of feeding
it does not digest food
Suckers are structures of
Strobila
Proglottids
Scolex
Gravid proglottids
Nutrition in Taenia is
holozoic
halophytic
saprozoic
saprophytic
Disease caused by helminth parasite is
filariasis
tuberculosis
cholera
diptheria
Scolex is a characteristic of
flatworms
tapeworms
roundworms
earthworms
A well developed nervous system and sense organs are present in members of the class
Turbellaria
Trematoda
Cestoda
None of these
The tapeworm is anchored to the mucosa of small intestine by means of
proglottids
scolex
acetabuli
rostellum
A worm infestation is medicaly referred to as a
helminthiasis
filariasis
amoebiasis
tuberculosis
Taenia solium poses no problem in
India
China
Pakistan
European countries
The head region of tapeworm is known as
proglottid
rostellum
acetabulum
scolex
The intermediate host in the life cycle of Taenia saginata is
pig
cattle
dog
goat
The correct sequence of various larvae in liver fluke is :
Miracidium, sporocyst, cercaria, redia, metacercaria
Miracidium, sporocyst, redia, cercaria, metacercaria
Sporocyst, redia, miracidium, cercaria, metacercaria
Cercaria, sporocyst, redia, miracidium, metacercaria