Chapters 5, 6, 7, and 8 Key Terms Flashcards
Cestode
Tapeworm
True tapeworm
Eucestoede
Pseudotapeworm
Fake tapeworm
Proglottid
Compartments that hold eggs
Scolex
Head
Acetabula, suckers
Holds to the lining of small intestines
Tegument
Body wall
Rostellum
anchor like organelle
Armed tapeworm
When tapeworm has a rostellum
Unarmed tapeworm
Tapeworm lacks rostellum
Neck
Germinal or growth region
Immature proglottid
Youngest
Mature proglottid
Intermediate in distance from scolex and neck
Gravid proglottid
Farthest from scolex and neck
Hermaphroditic
having both the male and female reproductive organs
Hexacanth embryo
Six hooks
Metacestode stage
Larval tapeworms
Cysticercoid
Contains small, fluid filled space
Cysticercus
“bladderworm” stage
coenurus
Larval tapeworm stage characterized by large, fluid filled bladder with multiple solices
Bothria
Grooves along length of scolex
Coracidium
Ciliated hexacanth embryo
Copepod
Aquatic crustacean
Operculum
Door
Amphistome
Flukes that appear to possess a “mouth” at both ends of body
Schistosomes
Blood flukes
Monogenetic fluke
One beginning
Digenetic fluke
Two beginnings (Dogs, cats, humans)
Hydatid cyst
large, fluid filled bladder that contains brood capsules