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7.7 Intestinal Cestodes Flashcards

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Characterized by a dorsoventrally flattened, most are hermaphroditic

A

Taenia

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Taenia spp distinct three regions

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Scolex, neck, strobila

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3
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Hookless tapeworm, 4-8 m, 4 suckers 2 lobes, 300-400 testes, 15-30 uterine branches

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T. saginata

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4
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Hook tapeworm, 2-4 m, 4 suckers, rostellum and hooklets, 3 lobes testes, 7-12 uterine branches

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T. solium

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5
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Larval form of tapeworm, consisting of a single scolex enclosed in a bladder-like cyst

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Cysticercus

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6
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Cyst form of T. solium

Hooklets are visible

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Cystecircus cellulosae

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7
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Cyst form of T. saginata

No hooklets

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Cystercircus bovis

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Taenia spp definitive host

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Humans

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9
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Clinical manifestations of Taenia infection

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Deprivation of nutrition, dysfunction of the intestine, allergic reactions, appendicitis, obstruction of instetines

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10
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Intrinsic or extrinsic autoinfection

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Cysticercosis

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11
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Pathogenic factor of cysticercosis

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Cysticercus cellulosae

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12
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Tapeworm infection treatment

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PZQ

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13
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Dog tapeworm

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Echinococcus granulosus

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14
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Caused by the larval stages of cestodes of the genus Echinococcus

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Hydatid disease

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15
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Causes cystic echinococcosis

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E. granulosus

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16
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Causes alveolar echinococcosis

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E. multilocularis

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Causes polycystic echinococcosis

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Extremely rare cause of human echinococcosis

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E. oligarthus

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Made up of immature echinococcus, consists of cystic fluid, brood capsule, protoscolex and daughter cyst

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Hydatid cst

20
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Prostocolices generally settle down at the bottom of the cyst

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Hydatid sand

21
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Adult Echinococcus granulosus worms reside in the ___

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Small bowel of dogs

22
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Intermediate host of E. granulosus

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Cattle, sheep, goat, human

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After ingestion of E. granulosus eggs, they hatch in the small bowel and release an ___
Penetrates the intestinal wall and migrates through the circulatory system in various organs (lungs and liver)

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Oncospheres

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The scolex are the sucking discs, above which is the rostellum with hooks

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Hymenolepis nana

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H. nana eggs exhibit ___ lying between the egg shell and the hexacanth embryo

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Polar filaments

26
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H nana definitive hosts

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Man, rodents

27
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Largest human tapeworm

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Diphyllobothrium latum

28
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Spatulate, almone-shaped with a pair of suctorial grooves called ___

29
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Proglottids of D. latum

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Rosette-shaped uterus

30
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The only cestode with an operculated egg

31
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Intermediate hosts of D. latum

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Copepods, fish

32
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Definitive hosts of D. latum

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Bears, cats, dogs and humans

33
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Infective stage of D. latum for mamals

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Plerocercoid larva

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