CHAPTER 5 - 260

Which organelle is found in algae but not found in protozoa or fungi?

Chloroplast

The one-celled organism seen in your microscope moves very slowly, by protruding its cytoplasm. The specimen was taken from a patient having diarrhea. You would predict that the patient has an infection caused by this pathogen:

Entamoeba

Chitin is a chemical component of the cell walls of

Fungi

An organelle that is a stack of flattened, membranous sacs and functions to receive, modify, and package proteins for cell secretion is the

Golgi apparatus

Upon viewing a specimen through microscopic techniques, you realize the cells all contain ribosomes. Based upon this information, you eliminate which of the following from your list of potential microorganisms:

None can be eliminated based on this observation alone

After returning from a trip to Africa, Tom begins to feel very tired and weak. He has severe anemia. A blood smear reveals a protozoan is present in his blood. The health care provider tells Tom he has malaria. Which of the following could be the causative agent of his disease?

Plasmodium malariae

The vector for the trypanosome of Chagas disease is the

Reduviid bug

Fungi that grow as yeast at one temperature but will grow as mold at another temperature are called

dimorphic

You are looking at an organism of some sort under the microscopic lens. It has a cell wall, no chloroplasts, and a nucleus. Your prediction would be that this organism is a/an:

fungus

A/n _____ originates from the Golgi apparatus as one type of vesicle that contains a variety of enzymes for intracellular digestion.

lysosome

In eukaryotic cells, which of the following contains DNA?

nucleus, chloroplast, mitochondria

Eating undercooked meat can lead to food-borne disease via helminthic infection. What is the common host for Taenia solium?

pigs

The passageways in the nuclear envelope for movement of substances to and from the nucleus and cytoplasm are called nuclear

pores

Parasitic helminths have a highly developed ______ system to enhance host transmission.

reproductive