Grand Practicals Flashcards
Identify the parasite and its specific body part.
Taenia solium
scolex
Identify the parasite and its specific body part.
Taenia saginata
grand proglottid
Taenia solium cysticercus cellulosae
“Bladder worm”
Identify the specimen.
Give distinct features.
Taenia egg.
- radial striations
- hexacanth embryo
Identify the parasite.
Enumerate 3 distinct features.
Hymenolepsis nana egg
- polar filaments
- polar thickening
- hexacanth embryo
Identify.
Taenia solium
grand proglottid
H. diminuta egg
- “fried egg” appearance
- polar thickening
- hexacanth embryo
- striated
Dipylidium caninum mature proglottid
- testes
- 2 genital pores
- ovaries
- barrel-shaped
Echinococcus granulosus adult
- scolex
- 3 proglottids
Hydatid cyst
- brood capsule with protoscolex
- germinal layer
- fibrous layer
Dipylidium caninum gravid proglottid
Dipylidium caninum adult scolex
Hymenolepis nana mature proglottid
- 3 testes
- 1 ovary
Hymenolepis diminuta mature proglottid
Hymenolepis nana scolex
Ctenocephalides felis
“Cat flea”
- IH of Dog Tapeworm (D. caninum)
cyclops
- 1st IH of D. latum
Diphyllobothrium latum
gravid proglottid
- uterine pore
- rosette uterus (filled with eggs)
Diphyllobothrium latum egg
- operculated
- abopercular knob
Paragonimus westermani adult worm
Diphyllobothrium latum ova
Hymenolepis nana mature proglottid
Dipylidium caninum adult
Taenia solium
cysticercus cellulosae
Hymenolepis diminuta ova
Hymenolepis diminuta scolex