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Biology
2014
Biology · Kingdom Animalia
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Question
Ascaris is which one of the following?
Options
- A
Ectoparasite
- B
Respiratory tract parasite
- C
Intestinal parasite
- D
Urinogenital tract parasite
Explanation
Ascaris lumbricoides is an intestinal parasite of man.
Parasites that live on the external surface of their host organisms. Ascaris is not an ectoparasite.
Ascaris primarily infests the intestines, not the respiratory tract.
Ascaris lumbricoides is an intestinal parasite of man.
Ascaris does not primarily infect the urinogenital tract; its main location is the intestines.
Tagged under Biology · Kingdom Animalia · 2014