Cestodes / Tape worms Flashcards
Regions of cestodes ??
- Head / scolex
- Neck
- Strobila
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Series of segments in the strobila is called ??
proglottides
Head bear —
- Sucker
- Hooks
Head- Hooks function ??
Organs of attachments
Adult worms location in men & animal ??
Intestinal canal
Species of cestodes ??
- Taenia solinum
- Taenia saginata
- Echinococcus granulosus
- Diphyllobothrium latum
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Definitive host of T solium & T saginata ??
Man
Definitive host of diphyllobothrium latum ???
- Man
- Cat
- Dog
- Fox
- Bear
- Whale
Intermediate host of T sag//
Cattle
Definitve host of echinococcus granulosus ??
- Dog
- Wolf
- Fox
- Jackal
Intermediate host of T s ??
Pigs
DH=man
Intermediate host of DL ??
- Fish
- Copepods
T saginata Dx ??
Proglottids in stool
P in stool Dx – T solium
Taenia saginata site ??
Intestine
Infective form egg ???
- E g
- T solium - food & water contaminated
Intermediate host of Eg ???
Sheep
Infective form Larva ???
- T Saginata
- D l
- T solium - undercookes pork
D l Dx ??
Operculate eggs in stool
D l site of affect ??
Intestine
E g site ??
- Liver
- Lung
- Brain- Hydatid cysts
Same Dx as E g is —–
T solium - Brain & eyes
E g Dx ??
- Biopsy
- Serology
- CT scan
Habitant classification of cestodes ??
Adult worms in intestine
- Pseudophyllidean cestodes
- Cyclophyllidean cestodes
Pseudophyllidean cestodes example ??
Diphyllobothrium latum