CESTODE Flashcards
tapeworms that require invertebrate IH
diphylidium caninum
Hymenolepis dimunuta
Raillietina garisona
tapeworms that require vertebrate IH
Taenia sollium
Taenia saginata
a class of parasite that is known for having multi-segments and tape-like appearance
CESTODE
Main habitat of cestode
small intestine
organ system that primarily confined in scolex of cestode
a. excretory
b. reproductive
c. nervous
d. digestive
nervous system
cestode has nervous (scolex) & excretory but no circulatory and digestive system
true/false?
cestode are dioecious
FALSE
cestode are hermaphrodite or monoecious
the cyclophillidea’s way of releasing eggs in gravid segment
a. via uterine pore
b. apolysis
apolysis
the strobilla of diphyllobotrium latum is consist of how many segments
3000-4000 degments
infective stage of D. latum
a. plerocercus
b. procercus
c. plerocercoid
d. procercoid
plerocercoid (sparganum larva) - L3
enumerate the diseases associated with D. latum infection
HYPERchromic anemia
PERNICIOUS ANEMIA /TAPEWORM
thrombocytoPENIA
leukopenia
reservoir and opportunistic host of D. latum
MAN
treatment for D. latum
PRAZIQUANTEL or
niclosamide quanacrine hydrochloride
it is known for having elongated ivory, ribbon-like larva
spirometra mansoni
Spirometra mansoni is claasified under what order
a. cyclophillidea
b. pseudophillidea
pseudophillidea (same as D. latum)
spirometra mansoni
1st IH:
2nd IH:
cyclops
Fish, amphibians, reptiles, bird, mammals
cyclops as intermediate host contains what stage
procercoid
2nd intermediate host of the spirometra mansoni contains what stage of larva
plerocercoid (L3)
habitat of taenia solium
a. muscle
b. jejunum
c. liver
small intestine (jejunum)