pork tapeworm

• what is another name for a pork tapeworm

  Taenia solium
• what evolutionary change is an advantage to the pork tapeworm


  it has no competition and cannot be preyed upon
• how long can tapeworm be

  10m long
• what shape is a tapeworm


  ribbon like
• describe the head of a tapeworm

  a scolex head made up of muscles on which are suckers and hooks
• what are the two possible hosts for a tape worm

  humans and pigs
• where is the larval form of tapeworms found


  in pigs
• how do humans become infect with tapeworms


  by eating contaminated under cooked food
• What is peristalsis?


  contractions in the gut
• describe how the tapeworm is adapted to resit peristalsis in a humans intestines


  they use suckers and hooks for attachment to the gut wall
• what are problems faced by the tapeworm in the human intestines


  extreme ph along the gut and exposure to digestive enzymes
• what protects the tapeworm from the high ph and digestive enzymes inside the gut


  they have a thick cuticle and produce inhibitory substances
• how does the tape worm reproduce in the intestines without a mate

  tapeworms are hermaphrodites and can self fertilise
• what is meant by a hermaphrodite


  this is organism with both male and female reproductive organs
• what happens to a tapeworm if the host dies


  it dies
• how do tapeworms eat


  absorb nutrients from host