The Genus Trichophyton Is Characterized by

question 19

Multiple Choice

The genus Trichophyton is characterized by

• A)large spindle-shaped, rough-walled macroconidia with thick walls that contain 4 to 15 septa and small club-shaped microconidia.
• B)predominate spherical, teardrop-shaped or club-shaped microconidia and smooth, club-shaped, thin-walled macroconidia with 8 to 10 septa borne singly at the terminal ends of hyphae or on short conidiophores.
• C)numerous smooth, thin-walled, club-shaped, multiseptate macroconidia, which are rounded at the tip and are borne singly on a conidiophore or in groups of two or three, no microconidia, and numerous chlamydoconidia.
• D)spherical, teardrop-shaped microconidia and rough, club-shaped, thick-walled macroconidia with 8 to 10 septa borne on short conidiophores.

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Definitions:

Epicranius

A muscle of the scalp consisting of the frontalis and occipitalis muscles which are connected by the epicranial aponeurosis.

Moveable Bone

A moveable bone refers to any bone in the body that is capable of movement or articulation at a joint with another bone.

Fixator

A muscle that stabilizes the origin of another muscle to enable effective movement.

Origin

The point or place where something begins or is derived, or in anatomy, the fixed attachment point of a muscle.