KROK 1 2013 – Question 169 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
Examination of the duodenal contents revealed some pear-shaped protozoa with two nuclei and four pairs of flagella. The organisms had also two axostyles between the nuclei and a ventral adhesive disc. What protozoan representative was found in the patient?
- A. Trypanosome
- B. Intestinal trichomonad
- C. Lamblia
- D. Leishmania
- E. Toxoplasma
Hint
Compare the number of nuclei, the flagella, the axostyles and the ventral attachment organelle described with the morphology of the protozoa that can inhabit the small intestine.
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