K.C.S.E Biology Q & A - MODEL 1999PP1QN14

K.C.S.E Biology Q & A - MODEL 1999PP1QN14

 The photograph below represents a blood smear obtained from a person suffering from a certain disease.

a) Name the structure labeled X.
b) i) Name the structure labeled L
ii) State the function of the source labeled M
c) What disease was the person suffering from?
d) List three ways by which micro-organisms enter the human body.

answers

a) Trypanosome
b) i) Locomotion
ii)
c) Sleeping sickness/trypanosomiasis
d) -Orally ingested including boring through bites
Sexually; cuts and wounds (contaminated) needles syringes/surgical instruments; contaminated blood transfusion.