intro Flashcards
1
Q
why adults less important
A
rarely pathogenic and contribute to mild abdominal pain
juveniles (metacestodes) causes cysts in muscles, organs, tissues, eyes and brain and range from asymp to death
2
Q
morphology
A
segmented adults no gut always parasitic indirect lifecycles hermaphrodite
3
Q
life cycle
A
adults in small intestine proglottids containing eggs break off shed in faeces eggs ingested by intermediate hosts develops into juvenile (metacestode) ingested by definitive host develops into adult in small intestine
