CESTODES Flashcards

1
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No digestive / circulatory system

A

CESTODES / TAPEWORMS

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2
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Average life span of tapeworm

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20 years

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3
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All are heteroxenous except

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Hymenolepis nana
(homoxenous)

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4
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What tapeworm inhabits the intestinal tract

A

Adult tapeworm

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5
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With flattened “ribbon like” segmented

A

Cestodes/Tapeworms

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6
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Fish Broad Tapeworm / Russian Broad Tapeworm

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Diphyllobotrium latum

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7
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Diphyllobotrium latum is under?

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PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA

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8
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Scolex with bothria, with or without hooks, never with suckers

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PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA

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9
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Scolex with 4 suckers

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CYCLOPHYLLIDEA

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10
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Requires 3 host (1 Definitive Host and 2 Intermediate Hosts)

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DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM

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11
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Proglottids are anapolytic

A

PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA

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12
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Proglottids are apolytic

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CYCLOPHYLLIDEA

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13
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Produce operculated and immature eggs

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PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA

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14
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Produce non-operculated and immature eggs

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CYCLOPHYLLIDEA

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15
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Embryo: Coracidium

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PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA

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16
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CYCLOPHYLLIDEA

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Embryo: Hexacanth

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17
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3 hosts of DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM

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*Definitive Host – Man
*First Intermediate Host – Fresh water crustaceans
(Copepods, cyclops)
*Second Intermediate Host – Fresh water fishes
(pike, eel, trout)

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18
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Usually Homoxenous and man may act both as Definitive and as Intermediate
Host

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HYMENOLEPIS NANA

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19
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Intermediate hosts of HYMENOLEPIS NANA.

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*Human flea (Pulex irritans)
*Rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis)
*Dog flea (Ctenophalides canis)
*Cockroaches (B. germanica)
*Rice and Flour Beetles (Tenebrio spp.)

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20
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organ adapted for attachment; may be equipped with rostellum and hooklets

A

SCOLEX / HEAD

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21
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budding zone consisting of germinative tissues

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NECK

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22
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contains undeveloped sexual organs

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Immature

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23
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with complete sets of reproductive structures

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Mature

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24
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where uterus are demonstrated (filled with eggs) undergoes detachment

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Gravid/Ripe

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25
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It may be globular or spatulate/spoon shaped

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SCOLEX HEAD

26
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This is the cestode specie with almond shaped / spoon spatulate scolex and Its scolex has 2 false suckers called bothria

A

DIPHYLLOBOTRIUM LATUM

27
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GLOBULAR SCOLEX WITH HOOKLETS

A

Taenia solium, Hymenolepis nana, Dipylidium caninum, Echinococcus
granulosus

28
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GLOBULAR SCOLEX WITHOUT HOOKLETS

A

Taenia saginata, Hymenolepis diminuta

29
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Scolex is 1-2 mm, 4 suckers, No hooklelts and 5–10m long

A

TAENIA SAGINATA TAPEWORM BODY

30
Q

mature segments with Accessor
Ovarian Lobe

A

Taenia solium

31
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mature segments with Bilateral Genital Pores

A

Dipylidium caninum

32
Q

With Rosette shaped uterus

A

Diphyllobothrium latum

33
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With saccular uterus

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Hymenolepis nana & Hymenolepis diminuta

34
Q

Uterus is loosely twisted/coiled

A

Echinococcus granulosus

35
Q

Uterus disintegrated into Egg Packets

A

Dipylidium caninum

36
Q

Elongated uterus with 8-12 lateral uterine branches

A

Taenia solium

37
Q

Elongated uterus with 15-30 lateral uterine branches

A

Taenia saginata

38
Q

3 - 10 meters, may have more than 3,000 segments

A

Diphyllobothrium latum

39
Q

2-8 meters occasionally 8 meters, may produce 800 - 1000 segments

A

Taenia solium

40
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5-10 meters occasionally 10 meters, may produce 1000- 2000 segments

A

Taenia saginata

41
Q

20 - 60 cm. may produce 800- 1000 segments 300 - 600 X 4 mm. in size

A

Hymenolepis diminuta

42
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1-4 cm. or 40 x 0.5-0.9 mm. may produce 200 segments

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Hymenolepis nana

43
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10 - 70 cm. may produce 60 - 175 segments

A

Dipylidium caninum

44
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3-8 mm. with only 3 segments

A

Echinococcus granulosus

45
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30 – 36 hooks in two rows, 4 suckers, With 3 Proglottids (Immature, Mature,Gravid), Length 3-8 mm

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ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS ADULT

46
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PRODUCES NON-OPERCULATED EGG

A

Taenia solium, Taenia saginata, Hymenolepis diminuta, Echnicoccus granulosus, Hymenolepis nana, Dipylidium caninum

47
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PRODUCES OPERCULATED EGGS

A

Diphyllobothrioum latum

48
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The only tapeworm that produces operculated egg

A

DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM / OVA

49
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New Name: Dibothriocephalus latus

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DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM / OVA

50
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Similar to those of P. westermani

A

DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM / OVA

51
Q

Their eggs are indistinguishable

A

TAENIA SOLIUM & TAENIA SAGINATA OVA

52
Q

Same with those of Taenia spp. But never seen in human feces.

A

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS OVA

53
Q

With polar thickenings that give rise to 4 - 8 polar filaments

A

HYMENOLEPIS NANA OVA

54
Q

With polar thickenings but no polar filaments

A

HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA OVA

55
Q

Provided with intralaminal layer giving the egg a “fried
egg appearance”

A

HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA OVA

56
Q

Eggs are usually seen in packets (15-25 eggs)

A

DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM EGG PACKET

57
Q

An individual egg measures 35 - 60 u in diameter
contains an oncosphere with 6 hooks

A

DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM EGG PACKET

58
Q

Ingestion of Plerocercoid larva can lead to Diphyllobothriasis an intestinal infection which can be detected in the in the lab thru stool exam

A

DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM

59
Q

man serves as Definitive host

A

Diphyllobothriasis

60
Q

man serves as Intermediate host

A

Sparganosis

61
Q

man do not serve as definitive host, so man does not harbor the adult worm

A

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS