cestodes Flashcards

(30 cards)

1
Q

tapeworms

A

cestodes

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2
Q

true or false

cestodes does not have circulatory system and gastrointestinal tract

A

TRUE

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3
Q

adult cestode’s part that attaches to intestinal mucosa

A

scolex (head)

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4
Q

adult cestode’s part that has actively growing neck + produces immature proglottids

A

strobila

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5
Q

beef tapeworm

A

Taenia saginata

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6
Q

pork tapeworm

A

Taenia solium

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7
Q

cestodes that results to cysticercosis

A

Taenia solium

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8
Q

Taenia spp. with 4 suckers and no hooks

A

Taenia saginata

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9
Q

Taenia spp. with 4 suckers and 2 rows of hooks

A

Taenia solium

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10
Q

how many uterine branches does Taenia saginata have?

A

15-20

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11
Q

how many uterine branches does Taenia solium have?

A

7-13

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12
Q

stain used to identify proglottids

A

India ink

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13
Q

where does cestode’s larva resides?

A

on intermediate host’s tissue/body cavities

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14
Q

broad fish tapeworm

A

D. latum

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15
Q

causes megaloblastic anemia

A

D. latum

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16
Q

competes with vit. B12

17
Q

first intermediate host of D. latum

18
Q

egg: operculated with knoblike projections on abopercular end

19
Q

infective stage of D. latum to humans

A

plerocercoid

inside bigger fish

21
Q

dwarf tapeworm

A

Hymenolepsis nana

smallest cestode

22
Q

embryonated egg has bipolar filaments

23
Q

parasite transmitted from ingestion of cysticercoid-infected arthropods (rice beetle) or from rodent droppings

24
Q

what is the difference of H. diminuta to H. nana?

A

H. diminuta’s egg doesn’t have filaments + its final host if rat

H. nana’s final host is man

25
dog tapeworm
D. caninum
26
proglottid has **egg packets**
D. caninum
27
shortest but deadliest cestode
Echinococcus granulosus
28
parasite that produces **hydatidosis**
Echinococcus granulosus
29
definitive and host of Echinococcus granulosus
dogs
30
infective stage of Echinococcus granulosus to its definitive host (dogs)
hydatid cyst