Characteristics

Question 1

What are the 2 groups in cestoda

Answer 1

PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA (false tapeworms)
CYCLOPHYLLIDEA (true tapeworms)

Question 2

false tapeworms means

Answer 2

PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA d. Latum

Question 3

true tapeworms)

Answer 3

CYCLOPHYLLIDEA

Question 4

Cestodes are hermaproditic or non

Answer 4

Hermaphroditic

Question 5

Type of body

Answer 5

FLAT SEGMENTED RIBBON LIKE bodies

Question 6

Live up to 25 yrs

Answer 6

D. latum and Taenia spp

Question 7

many years due to autoinfection

Answer 7

H. Nana

Question 8

less than 1 year

Answer 8

D. caninum, H. diminuta

Question 9

Adults live where

Answer 9

Small intestine

Question 10

Larva found in

Answer 10

Tissue

Question 11

Does cestode have digestive / circulatory system

Answer 11

No they dont have

Question 12

All are HETEROXENOUS except

Answer 12

Hymenolepis nana (homoxenous)

Question 13

organ adapted for attachment maybe equipped with rostellum and hooklets

Answer 13

Scolex/ head

Question 14

prolongation on scolex, fleshy hooks or apical atrusion

Answer 14

Rostellum

Question 15

attached to the rostellum

Answer 15

Hooklets

Question 16

Spatulate/ Spoon shaped / Almond shaped

Answer 16

D. Latum false sucker

Question 17

Enumerate the parasite with hooklets

Answer 17

 Taenia solium
 Hymenolepis nana
 Dipylidium caninum
 Echinococcus granulosus

Question 18

Without hooklets

Answer 18

 Taenia saginata
 Hymenolepis diminuta

Question 19

region of growth ; budding zone consisting of germinative tissues ; segments originates

Answer 19

Neck

Question 20

entire chain of segments)

Answer 20

Strobila

Question 21

immediately next to the neck (will eventually become mature and
gravid segment)

Answer 21

Immature

Question 22

comprising the middle part

Answer 22

Mature

Question 23

found at terminal end and undergoes
detachment

Answer 23

Gravid/ripe

Question 24

Produces OPERCULATED EGGS

Answer 24

D latum