Cestodes

Question 1

Commonly known as the broad fish tapeworm

Answer 1

Diphyllobothrium latum

Question 2

This is a common parasite in the intestines of dogs and cats and occasionally infecting humans. It has several common names, the flea tapeworm, cucumber tapeworm or double-pored tapeworm.

Answer 2

Dipylidium caninum

Question 3

This is commonly known as the dwarf tapeworm

Answer 3

Hymenolepis nana

Question 4

Commonly known as the pork tapeworm.

Answer 4

Taenia solium

Question 5

Commonly known as the beef tapeworm.

Answer 5

Taenia saginata

Question 6

Known as dog tapeworm

Answer 6

Echinococcus granulosus

Question 7

3 main parts of class cestoda

Answer 7

scolex, neck and strobila

Question 8

scolex may have

Answer 8

suckers and a knob-like protrusion (rostellum) with or without
concentric rings of hooks for attachment to the host.

Question 9

short neck is where their

Answer 9

proglottids, the
simplest unit of the strobila, proliferate

Question 10

These proglottids gradually

Answer 10

increase in dimension and maturity
the further they are from the neck.

Question 11

Cestodes body are covered by what

Answer 11

thick tegument

Question 12

What is the function of the thick tegument

Answer 12

protects them from digestive enzymes

Question 13

The members of class Cestoda do not possess

Answer 13

a digestive tract

Question 14

Infective stage of Diphyllobothrium Latum

Answer 14

plerocercoid larva

Question 15

Infective stage of Dipylidium caninum

Answer 15

cysticercoid larva,

Question 16

Infective stage of hymenolepis nana

Answer 16

cysticercoid larvae

Question 17

infective stage of taenia solium

Answer 17

cysticercus

Question 18

infective stage of taenia saginata

Answer 18

cysticercus

Question 19

infective stage of Echinococcus granulosus

Answer 19

embryonated eggs in feces

Question 20

is the larval form of a tapeworm once it has been ingested by an intermediate host animal.

Answer 20

Oncosphere

Question 21

a larval tapeworm at a stage in which the scolex is inverted in a sac, typically found encysted in the muscle tissue of the host.

Answer 21

Cysticercus

Question 22

attach to the viscera wall of the small intestine, develop the adult tapeworm and produces eggs

Answer 22

Protoscolex

Question 23

a form of asexual reproduction performed by most tapeworms and some cnidarians.

Answer 23

Strobilization