A watery stool was submitted to the laboratory for O & P examination. The technologist notes numerous trophozoites that have nonprogressive, blunt pseudopods.  The cysts are supernucleate, while the trophozoites contain one nuclei with a large, irregular shaped, eccentric karysome, coarse and unevenly distributed peripheral chromatin, and bacteria within cytoplasmic vacuoles. The technologist should:

The genetic material found in the nucleus of an amoeba is known as a (n):

The following parasite was found on a peripheral blood smear of woman returning from vacation in the Dominican Republic.   The most likely identity of this organism is:

Pentatrichomonas hominis has a trophozoite stage but no cyst stage and reproduces via longitudinal binary fission.  The parasite belongs to which category?

The sign charts below give information about the first and second derivative of some function . At which input value is the graph of decreasing and concave up?  

This digestive aid, produced by the stomach, makes sure that the pH of the stomach is appropriate.

The pancreas, liver, and gallbladder all empty their components into which part of the GI tract?

After the 1996 Olympics, a few women’s professional sports leagues emerged.  What women’s sport was not among those to become a professional sport league? 

What happens to the rate and depth of breathing when the PCO2 in the blood becomes elevated (in order to return the PCO2 back to normal)?

Cross-ownership is