CESTODES OR TAPEWORMS Flashcards
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IT IS A MULTI-SEGMENTED; DORSOVENTRALLY FLATTENED
CESTODES OR TAPEWORMS
2 ORDER OF CESTODES
PSEUDOPHYLIDEA
CYCLOPHYLIDEA
3 PARTS OF ADULT TAPEWORM
SCOLEX
NECK
STROBILA
THE TRUNK OR STROBILA CONTAINS CHAIN OF SEGMENTS CALLED
PROGLOTTIDS
IT IS THE ORGAN OF ATTACHMENT TO THE INTESTINAL MUCOSA OF DH
SCOLEX OR HEAD
ALSO KNOWN AS THE SUCKER
ACETABULA
ORDER CYCLOPHYLLIDEA HAS WHAT IN ITS SCOLEX
4 SUCKERS OR ACETABULA
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC OF T. SOLIUM
HAS ROSTELLUM
ORDER PSEUDOPHYLIDDEA HAS NO SUCKER BUT POSSESSES WHAT
BOTHRIA
IT IS THE REGION OF GROWTH WHERE SEGMENTS OF BODY ARE BEING GENERATED CONTINUOUSLY
NECK
3 SEGMENTS OF PROGLOTTIDS
IMMATURE
MATURE
GRAVID
ARE CESTODES HERMAPHRODITES
YES (MONOECIOUS)
DOES CESTODES HAVE BODY CAVITY OR ALIMENTARY CANAL
NONE, BUT W. EXCRETORY & NS
CYCLOPHYLIDDEAN EGG IS COVERED BY 2 LAYERS:
EGG SHELL & EMBRYOPHORE
EGGS SHAPE OF CYCLOPHYLLIDEAN EGG
SPHERICAL
TRUE OR FALSE:
CYCLOPHYLLIDEAN EGG IS EMBRYONATED FROM THE BEGINNING
TRUE
PSEUDOPHYLLIDEAN EGG ONLY HAS 1 LAYER OF COVERING. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE, ONLY EGG SHELL
SHAPE OF PSEUDOPHYLLIDEN EGG
OVOID
DISTINUISHING CHARACTERISTIC OF PSEUDOPHYLLIDEAN EGG
OPERCULATED EGG; CILIATED EMBRYO
THE PSEUDOPHYLLIDEAN FRESHLY PASSED EGGS IN FECES EMBRYONATED
FALSE, UNEMBRYONATED
DH OF CESTODES IS HUMAN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS- DOG
CESTODES HAS 2 DIFFERENT HOST
TRUE EXCEPT HYMENOLEPIS & DIPHYLLOBUTHRIUM
FISH TAPEWORM
DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM
BEEF TAPEWORM
TAENIA SAGINATA