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FINALS: INTESTINAL CESTODES I Flashcards

1
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This Phylum is composed of two parasitic classes

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PLATYHELMINTHES

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2
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PLATYHELMINTHES Phylum is composed of two parasitic
classes:

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  1. TREMATODA – flukes
  2. CESTODA
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3
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FALSE TAPEWORM

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PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA

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4
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TRUE TAPEWORM

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CYCLOPHYLLIDEA

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5
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Long, flat and ribbon-like appearance

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CESTODES

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6
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Important parts include of CESTODES:

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  • ROSTELLUM
  • SCOLEX
  • PROGLOTTIDS
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7
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 May have hooks/hooklets
 Crown of the scolex

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ROSTELLUM

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8
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organ of attachment

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Scolex

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9
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Contains the suckers (4 cup-shaped
structures)

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SCOLEX

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10
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For intestinal mucosa attachment

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SUCKERS

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11
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in between scolex and proglottid

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Neck

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12
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Segments of the cestode

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PROGLOTTIDS

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13
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PROGLOTTIDS Formed via?

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budding

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14
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chain of proglottids

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STROBILA

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15
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PROGLOTTIDS Divided into 3 parts:

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IMMATURE PROGLOTTIDS
MATURE PROGLOTTIDS
GRAVID PROGLOTTIDS

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16
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anterior part found nearest to the neck (no egg)

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IMMATURE PROGLOTTIDS

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17
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differentiated with immature sexual organs

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IMMATURE PROGLOTTIDS

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18
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middle; where reproductive structure and organs are found

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MATURE PROGLOTTIDS

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19
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contains male and female genital organs (hermaphroditic)

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MATURE PROGLOTTIDS

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20
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posterior part (pregnant); production of eggs; farthest from the egg

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GRAVID PROGLOTTIDS

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21
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contains fully developed uterus with eggs

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GRAVID PROGLOTTIDS

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22
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Equipped with male and female organs

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PROGLOTTIDS

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23
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self fertilizing

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HERMAPHRODITIC

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24
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filled with eggs

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GRAVID

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25
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Cestodes may absorb nutrients and
excrete waste via ____ (body
covering)

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TEGUMENT

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26
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SCOLEX: Spoon-shaped with
bothria (sucking grooves); hooklets
absent

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PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA

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27
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SCOLEX: Rostellum with or w/o hooklets

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CYCLOPHYLLIDEA

28
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STROBILA: (ANAPOLYTIC) non-shedding segments

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PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA

29
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STROBILA: (APOLYTIC) shed segments

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CYCLOPHYLLIDEA

30
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INTESTINAL CESTODES I:

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 Taenia saginata
 Taenia solium
 Hymenolepis nana
 Hymenolepis diminuta

31
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 “BEEF TAPEWORM”
 Longest tapeworm
 Definitive host: HUMANS

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Taenia saginata

32
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 3rd Taenia species that is related to T. saginata
 Reported in Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, and Indonesia

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Taenia asiatica (cysticercus viscerotropica)

33
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found in the liver of intermediate host (pigs, cattle, goats, wild boars and monkeys)

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Cysticercus viscerotropica Larvae

34
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“PORK TAPEWORM”

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Taenia solium

35
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Taenia solium definitive and intermediate host:

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HUMAN

36
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is acquire from eating pork with cysticerci which will become an adult worm

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TAENIASIS

37
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ingestion of egg then hatched into oncosphere and develop into cysticerci in which it will attached in the tissue

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cysticercosis

38
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HABITAT: Upper small intestine

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Taenia solium

39
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HABITAT: Upper jejunum and live for up to 25 years

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Taenia saginata

40
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SCOLEX: Spherical with
acetabula (suckers); 1mm

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Taenia solium

41
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SCOLEX: Cuboidal with four acetabula (suckers); 1-2 mm

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Taenia saginata

42
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ROSTELLUM: Present, cushion-like, doublecrowned (2530 large & small hooks)

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Taenia solium

43
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ROSTELLUM: ABSENT

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Taenia saginata

44
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NO. OF SEGMENTS: 800 -1,000

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Taenia solium

45
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NO. OF SEGMENTS: 1,000-4,000

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Taenia saginata

46
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ACTS OF SEGMENTS: Not observed

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Taenia solium

47
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ACTS OF SEGMENTS: Active crawling

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Taenia saginata

48
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NO. OF OVA PER GRAVID PROGLOTTID: 30,000 –50,000 per proglottid

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Taenia solium

49
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NO. OF OVA PER GRAVID PROGLOTTID: 97,000 – 124, 000
per proglottid

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Taenia saginata

50
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GRAVID PROGLOTTID: Wider and shorter

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Taenia solium

51
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GRAVID PROGLOTTID: Longer

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Taenia saginata

52
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Absence of vaginal sphincter

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Taenia solium

53
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Vagina with sphincter

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Taenia saginata

54
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 Spherical/subspherical  Eggs of T. solium is indistinguishable of T. saginata
 30-45 um  Thick embryopore: Brownish and striated radially (due to numerous pits)
 Contains the oncosphere (embryo with 3 pairs of hooklets (6 total))
 Infective stage of cysticercosis (in solium)

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EGGS

55
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– infection which encyst in the tissue

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Cysticercosis

56
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 Larval stages  In the tissues of Intermediate hosts  Infective stage (both solium & saginata)
 Transmitted from improperly cooked pork/beef

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CYSTICERCOID/CYSTICERCI

57
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CYSTICERCUS BOVIS

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Taenia saginata

58
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CYSTICERCUS CELLULOSAE

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Taenia solium (“MEASLY PORK”)

59
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CYSTICERCUS VISCEROTROPICA

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Taenia asiatica

60
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IH: CATTLE

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Taenia saginata

61
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IH: PORK

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Taenia solium

62
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 INTESTINAL INFECTION
o NONSPECIFIC SYMPTOMS:

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  • Epigastric pain
  • GI Discomfort - Hunger pangs - Weakness - Weight loss - Loss of apetite - Pruritus
63
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Obstruction of bile, pancreatic ducts and appendix (due to motile proglottids)

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T.saginata

64
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No obstruction

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T. solium

65
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o Taenia solium
 Cysticerci often multiple and may occur in any organ/tissue (can survive up to 5years)

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CYSTICERCOSIS

66
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CYSTICERCOSIS can affect these organs/tissues:

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  • Brain - Striated muscle - Subcutaneous tissue - Eye - Heart - Lung - Peritoneum
67
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o Taenia solium
 MOST SERIOUS MANIFESTATION  Considered as ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS ZOONOTIC DISEASE WORLWIDE
 Cysticerci can be found in the brain parenchyma or floats freely in the ventricles of the brain

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NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS

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