Touch and pressure stimulate the class of receptors called __________Blank.  The senses of taste and smell rely on __________Blank.

If you were provided a completely intact adult tapeworm and were asked whether it was Taenia solium or Taenia saginata, what would be the 2 most important criteria that you would use to distinguish between the two? Please be specific about each of the two characteristics, and tell what goes with which species.

Describe the life cycle of Schistosoma species. Please include:  intermediate and definitive hosts and what stage is infective for each host where each of the 3 main species reside in the definitive host when they are adults what the diagnostic stage is and the preferred specimen for recovery for each of the 3 main schistosomal species

Match the trematode with their infective stage:

Humans can serve as both the intermediate and definitive host in infections caused by:

Identify the helminth in the picture below. Specimen submitted was a skin snip, and patient symptoms were minimal, but started after a safari trip to West Africa. Patient also recalls getting bites multiple times by biting midges.

All of the following statements are true of Hymenolepis nana EXCEPT:

A physican calls the lab, suspecting their patient has an infection with Loa loa. What time would you recommend the physician to collect blood samples and why?

Eating poorly cooked infected pork can lead to an infection with:

All of the following organisms have the ability to migrate to the lungs through the circulatory system EXCEPT: