General Characteristics Flashcards
Cestodes are also known as
Tapeworms
Cestodes belong to what Phylum
Platyhelminths (flatworms)
Cestode general morphologic form
eggs - one or more larval stages - adult worms
Segments where the reproductive organs are not well-developed; proglottids that are near the neck
Immature Segments
Segments where the reproductive organs are well-developed; contains both male and female sex organs; behind the young segments
Mature Segments
These segments are completely occupied by the uterus filled with eggs; are at the hind end
Gravid Segments
One order of the Cestoda class that requires two intermediate host - a total of three hosts for the whole life cycle
Pseudophyllidea
One order of the Cestoda class that requires one intermediate host - a total of two hosts for the whole life cycle
Cyclophyllidea
Intestinal species of the Platyhelminthes Cestoda
Taenia saginata Taenia solium Hymenolepis diminuta Hymenolepis nana Dipylidium caninum Diphyllobothrium latum
Intestinal-Extraintestinal Species of the Platyhelminthes Cestoda
Echinococcus granulosus
Two medically important orders of the Cestodes
Pseudophyllidea and Cyclophyllidea
Eggs are released by rupturing, disintegrating, or passing through the uterine pore
Gravidity
the part which is an anterior attachment organ that contains parts like acetabula/hooks
Scolex (head)
the part which is the region of growth; the part which is immediately behind the head; part where segmentation or strobilization originates
Neck
the part which is composed of chain of segments/proglottids
Strobila (body/trunk)
Cestodes are monoecious or have the reproductive organ of both sexes capable of self-fertilization; also known as
Hermaphrodites
Cestodes originated from a Greek word which means girdle or ribbon
Kestos
Parasites from this order of the Cestoda have a globular scolex with four muscular suckers (acetabula) and has some apical protrusion (rostellum)
Cyclophyllidea
Parasites from this order of the Cestoda have segments/proglottids with genital pore but has no uterine pore and aploytic (shedding segments)
Cyclophyllidea
Parasites from this order of the Cestoda have segments/proglottids with genital pore, has a uterine pore and is anaploytic (non-shedding segments)
Pseudophyllidea
Parasites from this order of the Cestoda has a scolex that is spatulate with sucking grooves (bothria)
Pseudophyllidea
One must recover this to consider that the treatment is successful
Scolex (head)
Parasites from this order of the Cestoda have eggs that are covered by one layer; eggshell, ovoid in shape, freshly passed eggs in feces are unembryonated, and eggs are operculated
Pseudophyllidea
Parasites from this order of the Cestoda have eggs that are covered by two-layer; eggshell and embryophore, spherical in shape, embryonated from the beginning, and eggs are not operculated and the embryo is not ciliated
Cyclophyllidea