CESTODES Flashcards
Cestodes is aka
tapeworms
shape of cestodes
flat / ribbon-like, segmented
color of cestodes
white, yellowish
cestodes are monoecious (Hermaphroditic) w/ well-developed _____
reproductive organs
requires more than 1 host
heteroxenous
can be heteroxenous or monoxenous [DH]
Hymenolepis nana
Outer covering of cestodes
tegument
Where cestodes acquire nutrients and excrete waste as they have no digestive system
tegument
habitat of adult cestodes
small intestine
habitat of larva cestodes
tissues of IH
MOT of cestodes
oral route
eggs of cestodes
non-operculated and mature (embryonated)
cestode life cycle
Egg → Larva → Adult
attachment organ; attaches to small intestinal lining
Scolex / Head
shape of adult cestodes
globular, pyriform,
spoon-like
adult cestodes are quadrate with 4 cuplike ____
suckers/grooves/acetabulum
Fleshy extension of scolex (crown area)
rostellum
Seen in globular and/or pyriform
rostellum
rostellum is seen in globular and/or pyriform except ____
Taenia saginata
has hooklets
armed
no hooklets present
unarmed
armed adult cestodes
- Taenia solium
- Hymenolepis nana
- Dipylidium caninum
- Echinococcus granulosus
unarmed adult cestodes
- Taenia saginata (no hooklet, no rostellum)
- Hymenolepis diminuta (no hooklet, with rostellum)
spoon-like cestodes
Absence of rostellum
adult cestodes region of growth
neck
consists of germinative tissues
neck
aka budding zone
neck
aka proglottids
segments
chain of proglottids/segments
strobila
Types of Proglottids
- immature
- mature
- gravid/ripe
Types of Proglottids nearest to the neck
immature
growth is on the neck; the farther from the neck, it is an ______
older segment
has developed reproductive structures
mature
mature cestodes have:
- 1 testis
- 2 ovaries
- 1 genital pore
mature Taenia solium
contains third ovary (accessory ovarian tube)
matured Dipylidium caninum
1 testis, 2 ovaries and 2 genital pore
2 genital pores of Dipylidium caninum are located ___
bilaterally (bilateral genital pore)
matured, filled with egg
gravid/ripe
have more matured reproductive structures
gravid/ripe
false tapeworm
PSEUDOPHYLLIDEAN
PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA species
- Diphyllobothrium latum (one medically important)
- Spirometra spp.
PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA scolex shape
Spoon, spatula or almond-shaped
PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA scolex suckers
w/ bothria / sucking
grooves
PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA scolex rostellum
no hooklets
PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA strobila shedding
Anapolytic (not shedding segments)
PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA strobila pores
Uterine pore and genital
pore (centrally)
PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA gravid proglottid
All reproductive
structures are seen
PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA ova
Oval, operculated,
immature
PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA 1st larval stage
Coracidium
PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA 2nd larval stage
Procercoid
PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA 3rd larval stage
Plerocercoid / Sparganum
PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA 1st intermediate host
Crustaceans
(Copepods, Cyclops)
PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA 2nd intermediate host
Freshwater fishes
true tapeworm
CYCLOPHYLLIDEAN
CYCLOPHYLLIDEAN species
- T. solium
- T. saginata
- D. caninum
- H. nana
- H. diminuta
- E. granulosus
CYCLOPHYLLIDEAN scolex shape
globular, pyriform
CYCLOPHYLLIDEAN scolex suckers
quadrate
CYCLOPHYLLIDEAN scolex rostellum
Some w/ rostellum (w/
or w/o hooklets)
CYCLOPHYLLIDEAN strobila shedding
apolytic
CYCLOPHYLLIDEAN strobila pores
Only genital pore
(laterally)
CYCLOPHYLLIDEAN gravid proglottid
Only uterus seen in
diff. shapes / pattern
CYCLOPHYLLIDEAN ova
Hexacanth embryo /
Oncosphere: spherical, nonoperculated, embryonated, w/
hooklets
CYCLOPHYLLIDEAN larval stages
Cysticercus, Cysticercoid,
Hydatid
CYCLOPHYLLIDEAN intermediate host
None to one intermediate host
all require IH in CYCLOPHYLLIDEAN except ____
Hymenolepis nana
Diphyllobothrium latum
Most medically important sp. under Pseudophyllidea
Diphyllobothrium latum common name
- Broad Fish Tapeworm
- Fish Tapeworm
- Broad Tapeworm
- Russian Broad Tapeworm
Diphyllobothrium latum new name
Dibothriocephalus latus
Diphyllobothrium latum habitat
small intestine
Diphyllobothrium latum diagnostic stage
egg/scolex
Diphyllobothrium latum infective stage
Plerocercoid larva / Sparganum
Diphyllobothrium latum 1st intermediate host
copepods (cyclops, diaptomus)
Diphyllobothrium latum 2nd intermediate host
freshwater fish (small fishes)
MOT Diphyllobothriasis
Ingestion of 2nd intermediate host infected with plerocercoid
MOT Sparganosis
- presence of sparganum
- ingestion of 1st intermediate host infected with procercoid larva (2nd larval stage)
DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM adult worm length
3-10 m
DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM adult worm is mistaken with ____
Spirometra spp.
DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM adult worm scolex
- Spatulate/Spoon/ Almond-shape
- Has 2 bothrium / slit-like sucking organ
DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM adult worm uterus
Rosette-like appearance
DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM adult worm strobila
- Up to 4000 proglottids
- Have uterine pore and genital pore
DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM OVA .
unembryonated
DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM OVA:
______ on one end and ______ on opposite / abopercular end
Operculum; terminal knob
DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM OVA with _____ coracidium
underdeveloped
DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM OVA is mistaken with _____
Paragonimus spp. ova
Pathology:
Diphyllobothriasis
- Ingestion of 2nd IH (fishes) w/ plerocercoid (L3)
Pathology:
Sparganosis
Ingestion of 1st IH (copepods) infected w/ procercoid
larva (L2)
Adult may take up large amount of Vitamin B12
Tapeworm Anemia / Bothriocephalus Anemia
important for RBC maturation and
hematopoiesis, esp. erythropoiesis
vitamin B12
Intake of Vit. B12 by D. latum prevents _____ of
RBCs
maturation
Tapeworm Anemia / Bothriocephalus Anemia:
_______, _________ anemia
Marcocytic, megaloblastic