cestodes

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  • Flatworms aka Large tapeworms
    Cestodes
  • what is the shape of cestodes in small intestine?
    Flat and ribbon-like
  • it is when both male and female reproductive organs are present in the mature proglottid
    hermaphroditic
  • average life span of a cestode
    20 years
  • what are the developmental stages
    egg-larva-adult
  • what does the larvae inhabit?
    tissues in the small intestine
  • what does the adult tapeworm inhabit?
    intestinal tract
  • the body is covered with what?
    resistant cuticle
  • it has scolex and bothria
    pseudophyllidean
  • proglottids are anapolytic
    pseudophyllidean
  • it produces operculated and immature eggs
    pseudophyllidean
  • its embryo is coracidium
    pseudophyllidean
  • it has scolex with 4 suckers
    cyclophyllidean
  • proglottids are apolytic
    cyclophyllidea
  • it produces non-operculated and mature eggs
    cyclophyllidean
  • its embryo is called hexacanth
    cyclophyllidean
  • it has branching uterine branches
    cyclophyllidean
  • utetine branches are absent
    pseudophyllidean
  • uterine pore is present
    pseudophyllidean
  • uterine pore is absent
    cyclophyllidean
  • genital pore is ventral
    pseudophyllidean
  • genital pore is lateral
    cyclophyllidean
  • what are the pseudophyllidean species?
    Diphyllobothrium latum
  • What are the cyclophyllidean species?
    Hymenolepsis spp., Taenia spp., Dipylidium caninum
  • consists of a hexacanth embryo also known as an oncosphere
    eggs
  • it is oval appearance and seen inhuman cestode
    operculated egg
  • what spp. has operculated egg
    Diphyllobothrium latum
  • it has circle appearance and a presence of hexacanth embryo
    non-operculated egg
  • larval stage of taenia solium
    Cysticercus cellulosae
  • larval stage of taenia saginata
    Cysticercus bovis
  • larval stage of hymenolepsis spp.
    cysticercoid
  • larval stage of dipylidium caninum
    cysticercoid
  • larval stage of echinococcus granulosus
    hydatid cyst
  • larval stage of diphyllobothrium latum
    • first stage - procercoid
    • second stage - plerocercoid
  • it resembles a ribbon appearance and are very primitive
    adults
  • outer surface that absorb nutrients and excrete waste products
    tegument
  • it occur in the life cycle of hymenolepsis nana
    autoinfection
  • what spp. does development of a cyst tissue occur?
    Echinococcus granulosus
  • head portion; it may be globular or spoon-shaped
    scolex
  • flesh extension
    rostellum