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3) Parasites: Cestodes (tapeworms) Flashcards

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1
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Cestode is a

A

tapeworm

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2
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Cestode physical characteristics:

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  • flatt body without body cavity

- strobila with head, neck, and proglottids

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3
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Cestode head

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scolex with 4 suckers; bothria

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4
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Cestode type of sex

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Hermaphraditic (each proglottid)

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5
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Alimentary canal?

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no

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6
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Type of lifecycle?

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Indirect

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7
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more than 1 type of larval stage?

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yes

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Strobila

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body

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Proglottids

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segments

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10
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Two orders of Cestodes:

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Cyclophyllidea Scolex and Pseudophyllidea bothria

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Cyclophyllidea

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  • 1 intermediate host
  • organs associated with scolex and suckers
  • egg has oncosphere
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12
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Oncosphere/hexacanth embryo

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egg with an egg sphere

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Psudophyllidea

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  • 2 intermediate host
  • organs associated with scolex and bothria
  • egg with oncosphere and cilia for motility
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14
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Cyclophyllidea: where is the adult cestode?

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in final host

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15
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where are the segments (proglottids)

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in feces

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16
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where are eggs released from?

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proglottids

17
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eggs are consumed by final host or intermediate

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intermediate host

18
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Larvae develop in

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intermediate host

19
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how does it get from intermediate host to final host?

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intermediate host is consumed by final host

20
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are adult cestodes a problem?

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not a problem unless it is a heavy infection in a young animal

21
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which stage of cestodes cause damage

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larval stage

22
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lifecycle

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dog poops, sheep ingest eggs, dog ingest sheep, sheep is intermediate

23
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which cyst is most dangerous

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hydatid cyst because there are many inside of each other

24
Q

Cestode to know!!!

A

Taenia solium

25
Q

Taenia solium- final host?

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Humans

26
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Taenia solium- how do humans become final host?

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consume larva by eating undercooked pork

27
Q

taenia solium- adults can be found in the…

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small intestines

28
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Taenia solium- is it normally pathogenic?

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Not normally pathogenic

29
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Taenia solium- Intermediate host?

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Pigs are intermediate host

30
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Taenia solium- how do pigs become intermediate host?

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they consume human feces and larva forms on muscle/tongue

31
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Taenia solium- how do human become intermediate host?

A

Humans can consume human feces
and develop cysticercus
sickness then occurs in the brain

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