Exam 3 Flashcards
The microvilli that cover cestode tegument is called:
microtriches
what muscle layers does each proglottid have?
longitudinal and transverse
what 2 things are cestode nervous system receptive to?
tactoreceptive and chemoreceptive
what 2 egg shell types do cestodes have?
Dipylidium and taenia
which cestode can complete its life cycle in 1 host?
Hymenolopsis nana
hexacanth larva in the egg:
oncosphere
juvenile (larval) form of tapeworm found in intermediate hosts
metacestode
general cycle of cestode starting from egg:
egg to oncoshere to metacestode to adult
the two pseudophyllideans:
Diphyllobothrium latum
Diphyllobothrium mansonides
what is the knob on the tip of Diphyllobothrium latum eggs?
abopercular knob
what is Diphyllobothrium mansonides plerocercoid called?
sparangum
What is genus name of black fly?
simulium
vector for loa loa?
crysops: the deer fly