Cestodes Flashcards
General shape of Cestodes
Flat or Ribbon like
Cestodes do not contain
Alimentary tract and body cavity
Cestodes contain
Excretory, Nervous, Reproductive
All are HEXECANTH except
Echinococcus granulosus (hydatid cyst)
All are HETEROXENOUS except
Hymenolipis nana (Homoxenous)
All are CYCLOPHILLIDEA except
Dipholobotrium latum (pseudophillidea)
Cestodes body parts are
Head (scolex)
Neck
Trunk (Strobilla)
Head or Scolex function
Attachment or adapters (suckers, hooklets, rostellum)
Neck function
Location for growth and budding
Neck contains
Germinal cells to produce reproductive organ
NOPS means
No Ova and Parasite Seen
Diagnostic tool used for Cestodes
Stool
Biopsy
Perianal swab
Serologic Test
Stool recovers
Eggs, gravid proglottid, rare scolex
Biopsy detects
Echinoccus granulosus
Serologic test used
ELISA
Perianal swab recovers
Eggs
Adult worm in Small intestine
(Definitive host)
DTTHH
Dipholobotrium latum
T.solium
T.saginata
H.nana
H.diminuta
Larval stage in men
Accidental Intermediate host
DTE
D.latum
T.solium
E.granulosus
Trunk first part
Immature (tissue and muscles)
Trunk middle part
Mature (testes/ovaries)
Trunk last part
Riped/gravid excreted in feces
Cyclophiledia shape
Ovoidal shape
Pseudophalidea shape
Spatulate
Taenia solium egg SCOLEX characteristics
Globular scolex
Head with hooklets
Large rostellum
H.nana
Globular scolex
Refractile rostellum
Y shaped hooklets
Globular scolex with hooklets
E.granulosus
Prominent conical rostellum with protrusion
D.caninum
Almond/spatulate/spoon scolex
D.latum
Globular scolex withouth hooklets and rostellum
T.saginata
H.diminuta
Globular scolex with undeveloped/rudimentary apical ROSTELLUM
WITHOUT HOOKLETS
Neck main function
Growth for Strobila
Consist of chains of segments/proglottids
Hermaprodhitic
Mature segment
Uterus filled with egg
Gravid segment
Mature and Gravid of D.latum
Mature: No distinct
Gravid: Broader than longer
Mature and Gravid; T.solium
Mature: 100-200 follicular testes
Gravid: longer than broader
Mature and Gravid: T.saginata
Mature: 300-400 follicular testes
Gravid: Longer than broader
Mature and gravid: H.nana and H.diminuta
Mature: 3 testes - 1 ovary
Gravid: Saccular uterus
Mature and Gravid: E.granulosus
Mature: 1 reproductive set; 1 scolex, 1 mature, 1 immature, 1 gravid proglottid
Gravid: coiled, loosely twisted with midline lateral evagination