Gravid proglottid Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Parasitology Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers 2024 Taenia saginata is the pig tapeworm T/F - answerFalse The head of the scolex of Diphyllobothrium latum has a retractable rostellum T/F - answerFalse Taenia solium is capable of causing cysticercosis in human T/F - answerTrue Produces autoinfection in man - answerTaenia solium Ultrasound and MRI usually help in the diagnosis of the infection caused by - answerEchinococcus granulosus What Cestode does NOT need an intermediate host...

MIP 260 Exam 3Cestoidean - correct answer Strobila; Made up of many individual "proglottids"; Strobilation (formation of new proglottids) - takes place at the anterior end of the worm; The older proglottids are near the posterior end of the worm Cestoidea - correct answer The tegument and muscle fibers of the tapeworm are continuous... therefore cestodes are not technically "segmented" like annelids or arthropods, even though we commonly refer to their segments or proglottids Cestoid...

Cestodes - tapeworms Tape worm do not have - digestive system, their food is absorbed from the hosts intestine. Cestodes Larval stages - parasitic in the tissues or body cavities of vertebrate or invertebrate hosts. Neck + proglottids - = Strobila In Diphyllobothrium scolex is - spatulate & is provided with a long median ventral & a similar dorsal sucking groove or *bothrium* In cestodes the tregion of growth &proliferation - Neck cestodes alimentary canal - ...

Parasitology Exam I Questions With 100% Correct Answers 2024

Parasitology Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers 2024 Taenia saginata is the pig tapeworm T/F - answerFalse The head of the scolex of Diphyllobothrium latum has a retractable rostellum T/F - answerFalse Taenia solium is capable of causing cysticercosis in human T/F - answerTrue Produces autoinfection in man - answerTaenia solium Ultrasound and MRI usually help in the diagnosis of the infection caused by - answerEchinococcus granulosus What Cestode does NOT need an intermediate host...