MODULE 4D

• PHYLUM PLATHYHELMINTHES is found in the digestive tracts of vertebrae hosts, including humans.
• PHYLUM PLATHYHELMINTHES have bodies and ribbon-like, consisting of the head, neck, and a chain of repeating units called PROGLOTTIDS.
• PHYLUM PLATHYHELMINTHES aka the TAPEWORMS, flat worms that belong to the class cestoda.
• PHYLUM PLATHYHELMINTHES is considered as PRIMITIVE WORMS.
• TEGUMENT is for the absorption of nutrients and elimination of waste products.
• HEAD which contains the SCOLEX which is the organ for attachement.
• SCOLEX may consists of either HOOKS, SUCKER or SUCKING GROOVES.
• STRABILE is the series of progiottids.
• TAENIA SAGINATA (BEEF TAPEWORM) is one of the most common tapeworm infections in the world, particularly in developing countries where hygiene and sanitation standards are low.
• TAENIA SAGINATA (BEEF TAPEWORM) it invades the human intestine and is about 25 cm long.
• TAENIA SAGINATA (BEEF TAPEWORM) mode of transmission is from the ingestion of improperly cooked or raw beef containing the infective larva (cysticercus).
• Disease of TAENIA SAGINATA (BEEF TAPEWORM) is TAENIASIS.
• TAENIA SAGINATA (BEEF TAPEWORM), In rare cases, the tapeworm may grow to an exceptionally large size, causing abdominal pain discomfort and disfunction.
• TAENIASIS is a parasitic infection caused by adult tapeworms of the genus TAENIA, most common types that infect humans are TEANIA SAGINATA and TAENIA SOLIUM.
• PRAZIQUANTEL involves a cause of anti-parasitic indication typically praziquantel w/c is affected at killing the adult tapeworm, usually effective at eliminating the tape worm and decrease the risk of complication.
• TAENIA SOLIUM (PORK TAPEWORM) mode of transmission is the ingestion of improperly cooked or raw pork meat containing the infective larvae called cysticercus cellulosae.
• Disease of TAENIA SOLIUM (PORK TAPEWORM) is TAENIASIS and CYSTICERCOSIS.