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NEET 2013
Exam
NEET
Year
2013
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Human Health and Diseases

NEET 2013 · Zoology · Human Health and Diseases

Identify the site where Wuchereria bancrofit is normally found in...

Identify the site where Wuchereria bancrofit is normally found in human body.

Options

  1. AMuscles of the legs
  2. BBlood vessels of the thigh region
  3. CSkin between the fingers
  4. DLymphatic vessels of the lower limbs

Correct answer

D. Lymphatic vessels of the lower limbs

Step-by-step solution

Wuchereria bancrofti is a drcadful endoparasite of man; adults harbouring the lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes. Related Theory Its life history is digenetic, as it involves a primary hosi- humans and secondary hostthe blood-sucking female insects, Culex, Aedes or Anopheles. During heavy infection they block the lymphatic vessels and glands causing lymphatic obstruction so that lymph cannot get back to the circulatory system. Thus, accumulation of lymph in the affected organs swell fantastically leading to lymphoedema.
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