DUMET Medical DUMET Medical Solved Paper-2005

  • question_answer
    Secondary host of Schistosoma is:

    A)  Hydra         

    B)  Euglena

    C)  Snail          

    D)  Pheretima

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Schistosoma (blood fluke) is a digenetic parasite and lives in hepatic portal vein- mesenteric blood vessels, urinary tract blood vessels and lymphoid organs of man. Its primary host is man and secondary host is snail. The green Hydra (Chlorohydra viridissima) lives in a symbiotic relationship with the small alga Chlorella vulgaris (living within the body of Hydra). In Pheretima closed type of blood vascular system and 3 type of nephridia (septal- pharyngeal and integumentary) are found. It is a social animal (beneficial for agriculture).


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