Intro To Cestodes/Taenia

Question 0

Entire chain of proglottids

Answer 0

Strobila

Question 1

Attachment organ of tapeworm

Answer 1

Scolex

Question 2

What is the diff between a mature proglottid and a gravid one?

Answer 2

Mature: full set of genital organs
Gravid: prominent dev uterus with eggs

Question 3

Nervous sys location in tapeworm

Answer 3

Scolex

Question 4

How does the tapeworm obtain nutrition?

Answer 4

Nutrients are absorbed from the envt via integument

Question 5

T or F

Infection will persist as long as scolex and neck remain attached to intestine

Answer 5

T

Question 6

The more __ proglottids are more differentiated

Proximal, distal

Answer 6

Distal

Question 7

Narrow, elliptical grp of follicles behind ovary are called __

Answer 7

Vitellaria

Question 8

Penis-like structure in Taenia

Answer 8

Cirrus organ

Question 9

Which has more uterine branches, T.solium or T.saginata?

Answer 9

T.saginata (> 13)

T.solium : 13 or less

Question 10

With rostellum + 2 rows of hooks
A. Taenia solium
B. Taenia saginata
C. Both

Answer 10

A

Wala ang saginata

Question 11

With four large suckers
A. Taenia solium
B. Taenia saginata
C. Both

Answer 11

C

Question 12

Infective stage for taeniasis

Answer 12

cysticercus

Question 13

Infective stage for cysticercosis

Answer 13

Egg

Question 14

Diagnostic stage for cysticercosis

Answer 14

Cysticercus in tissue

Question 15

Diagnostic stage for taeniasis

Answer 15

Egg in feces

Question 16

T.solium is \_\_ tapeworm
A. Beef
B. Pork
C. Chicken
D. Fish

Answer 16

B

Question 17

T.saginata is \_\_ tapeworm
A. Beef
B. Pork
C. Chicken
D. Fish

Answer 17

A

Question 18

After eggs are swallowed by pigs or cattle & hatch, the __ penetrates thru mesenteric venules & are carried throughout the body

Answer 18

Oncosphere

Question 19

• Also known as bladder worm

* ovoid, fluid filled with head invaginated into bladder

Answer 19

Cysticercus

Question 20

The host forms __ around cysticercus

Answer 20

Fibrous capsule

Question 21

False about taeniasis
A. Happens when mature worm resuls after attachment to small intestine
B. There may be passage of proglottids
C. Infective stage: egg
D. None of the 3

Answer 21

C

infective stage: cysticercus

Question 22

Cysticercosis is seen with
A. Taenia solium
B. Taenia saginata
C. Both

Answer 22

A

Question 23

Three ways of getting cysticercosis: enumerate

Question 24

In which infection is symptomatic treatment also done (not just praziquantel)?
A. Cysticercosis
B. Taeniasis
C. Both

Answer 24

A

Question 25

How do tapeworms excrete waste?

Answer 25

Longitudinal collecting tubules that empty thru bladder @ terminal proglottid