PARASITOLOGY - CESTODES Flashcards
Cestodes are also known as?
Tapeworms
General appearance of Cestodes?
Flat, Ribbon-like
Color of Cestodes
White, yellowish
T or F: Cestodes are Dioecious.
False (Cestodes are monoecious)
T or F: Cestodes have a well-developed reproductive organs
True
Part of Cestodes that serves as its means for acquiring nutrients. This is defined as an outer covering which serves as entry of food and nutrients and exit of wastes.
Tegument
Habitat of Adult Cestodes?
Small intestine of their final host
Habitat of Larva Cestodes?
Tissues of their intermediate host
MOT of Cestodes
Ingestion or Oral route
T or F: All Cestodes are heteroxenous, meaning they require more than 1 host.
True
The only sp. of Cestodes that can be both heteroxenous and monoxenous. If this sp. is monoxenous, it requires 1 host only, usually the final host.
Hymenolepis nana
T or F: Eggs of Cestodes are operculated and mature/embryonated.
False. The eggs of Cestodes are NON-OPERCULATED and mature.
The only sp. of Cestodes with an egg that is not non-operculated and mature.
Diphyllobothrium latum
Life cycle of Cestodes?
Egg to Larva to Adult
What are the 3 parts of an Adult Cestodes?
Scolex/Head
Neck
Proglottids/Segments
Attachment organ of Cestodes; This part of Cestodes attach to the linings of the small intestines using 4 cup-like suckers/grooves/acetabulum
Scolex/Head
Shape of Scolex/Head of Cestodes
Globular
Pyriform
Spoon-like
Shape/s of Scolex/Head that may have Rostellum?
Globular
Pyriform
Shape/s of Scolex/Head that will never have Rostellum?
Spoon-like
4-cup like suckers/grooves/acetabulum of cestodes are also called as?
Quadrate
Fleshy extension of scolex or the crown area of scolex is called?
Rostellum
Rostellum may be?
Armed or Unarmed
Rostellum with hooklets/hooks are called?
Armed
Rostellum without hooklets/hooks are called?
Unarmed
Enumerate the spp. with armed rostellum.
Clue: 4 spp.
Taenia solium
Hymenolepis nana
Diphyllobothrium latum
Echinococcus granulosus
Enumerate the spp. with unarmed rostellum.
Clue: 2 spp.
Taenia saginata
Hymenolepis diminuta
Sp. of cestodes with NO rostellum is?
Taenia saginata
Sp. of cestodes with rostellum but NO hooks is?
Hymenolepis diminuta
This part of cestodes consists of germinative tissues; it is known as the REGION OF GROWTH of cestodes
Neck
Part of the cestodes also known as “The Budding Zone”
Neck
Part of the cestodes that may be shed and passed out in stool
Proglottids/Segments
This is the ability of segments to detach from the chain
Apolysis
T or F: Proglottids/segments can be immature, mature, or gravid/ripe.
True
Segments nearest to the neck is known as?
Immature segments
Segment where there is a development of reproductive structure is known as?
Mature segments
Each mature segments contains?
1 testis
2 ovaries
1 genital pore
A cestode sp. with a 3rd ovary is?
Taenia solium
The 3rd ovary of Taenia solium is called?
Accessory ovarian lobe
A cestode sp. with 2 genital pore is?
Diphyllobothrium latum
The 2 genital pore of Diphyllobothrium latum located bilaterally is called?
Bilateral genital pore
Segment of cestodes filled with eggs and has a much-developed reproductive structures
Gravid/Ripe
Chain f proglottids/segments is called?
Strobila
T or F: All cestodes are APOLYTIC which means they are capable of segment shedding.
True
The only cestode that is NOT APOLYTIC since its segments are impossible to recover as they are ANAPOLYTIC.
Diphyllobothrium latum
What are the 2 groups of Cestodes?
Pseudophyllidean
Cyclophyllidean
False tapeworms
Pseudophyllidean
True tapeworms
Cyclophyllidean
Enumerate the spp. under Pseudophyllidean.
Diphyllobothrium latum
Spirometra
Enumerate the spp. under Cyclophyllidean.
Taenia solium
Taenia saginata
Dipylidium caninum
Hymenolepis nana
Echinococcus granulosus
Group of cestode with a spoon-shaped, spatula, almond shaped scolex, a scolex with bothria (sucking grooves), and a scolex with no hooklets
Pseudophyllidean
Group of cestode with a globular or pyriform shape scolex, a scolex with quadrate (four cuplike suckers), and some scolex with rostellum (with or without hooklets)
Cyclophyllidean
Group of cestode with an anapolytic strobila
Pseudophyllidean
Group of cestode with an apolytic strobila
Cyclophyllidean
Group of cestode with a segment that have UTERINE pore and GENITAL pore which are both CENTRALLY located
Pseudophyllidean
Group of cestode with segment that have ONLY GENITAL pore which is LATERALLY located
Cyclophyllidean
Group of cestode that have a gravid proglottid where ALL REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES are seen
Pseudophyllidean
Group of cestode that have a gravid proglottid where ONLY UTERUS can be seen in different shapes/pattern
Cyclophyllidean
Group of cestodes with an OVAL, OPERCULATED, IMMATURE ova
Pseudophyllidean
Group of cestodes with a HEXACANTH EMBRYO/ONCOSPHERE ova; SPHERICAL, NON-OPERCULATED, EMBRYONATED ova with hooklets
Cyclophyllidean
What are the larval stages of Pseudophyllidean cestodes?
1st: Coracidium
2nd: Procercoid
3rd: Plerocercoid/Sparganum
What are the larval stages of Cyclophyllidean cestodes?
1st: Cysticercus
2nd: Cysticercoid
3rd: Hydatid
Group of cestodes with 2 intermediate hosts?
Pseudophyllidean
Group of cestodes with none to 1 intermediate host?
Cyclophyllidean
What are the 2 intermediate hosts of Pseudophyllidean?
1st: Crustaceans (Copepods, Cyclops)
2nd: Fresh water fishes
Cestode sp. under Cyclophyllidean that has 1 definitive/final host if it has no intermediate host?
Hymenolepis nana
T or F: All cestodes, may it be pseudophyllidean or cyclophyllidean, require only 1 final host.
True
From what order is Diphyllobothrium latum?
Order Pseudophyllidean
What are the 4 common name of Diphyllobothrium latum?
Broad Fish Tapeworm
Broad Tapeworm
Fish Tapeworm
Russian Broad Tapeworm
What is the new name of Diphyllobothrium latum?
Dibothriocephalus latus
What is the habitat of Diphyllobothrium latum?
Small intestine
What is the diagnostic stage of Diphyllobothrium latum?
Egg or Scolex
What is the infective stage of Diphyllobothrium latum?
Plerocercoid larva or Sparganum
What is the 1st intermediate host of Diphyllobothrium latum?
Copepods (Cyclops, Diaptomus)
What is the 2nd intermediate host of Diphyllobothrium latum?
Fresh water fish (small fishes) such as salmonoid fish
What is/are the MOT of Diphyllobothrium latum?
If Diphyllobothriasis, INGESTION OF 2ND INTERMEDIATE HOST infected with PLEROCERCOID
If Sparaganosis, INGESTION OF 1ST INTERMEDIATE HOST infected with PROCERCOID LARVA
What is the pathology of Diphyllobothrium latum?
Tapeworm Anemia or Bothriocephalus Anemia
A pathology of Diphyllobothrium latum that causes adult D. latum to take up large amount of Vit B12 resulting in MACROCYTIC, MEGALOBLASTIC anemia. This disease also demonstrates presence of megaloblastic cells in circulation and sometimes demonstrate PERNICIOUS ANEMIA.
Tapeworm Anemia or Bothriocephalus Anemia
Diphyllobothrium latum adult morphology in terms of length?
3-10 meters
Diphyllobothrium latum adult morphology in terms of scolex?
Spatulate/spoon/almond with 2 bothrium
Diphyllobothrium latum adult morphology in terms of uterus?
Rosette-like appearance
Diphyllobothrium latum adult morphology in terms of strobila?
Up to 4,000 proglottids and has both uterine pore and genital pore
Diphyllobothrium latum ova morphology?
UNembyonated, OPERCULATED, on one end with TERMINAL KNOB on the abopercular end + underdeveloped coracidium
Diphyllobothrium latum ova is mistaken with?
Paragonimus ova
Laboratory diagnosis for Diphyllobothrium latum?
Stool examination (Direct Fecal Smear and Kato technique)
Examination of Gastric Juice (measures free HCl)
Laboratory dx for Diphyllobothrium latum by stool examination using DFS or Kato technique specifically looks for?
Diphyllobothrium latum eggs or scolex (not scolex since D. latum is anapolytic)
Laboratory dx for Diphyllobothrium latum that DIFFERENTIATES DIPHYLLOBOTHRIASIS FROM PERNICIOUS ANEMIA?
Examination of Gastric Juice [Diphyllobothriasis is HCl (+) while Pernicious anemia is HCl (-)]
From what order is Taenia saginata?
Order Cyclophyllidean
What are the 2 common names of Taenia saginata?
Beef Tapeworm
Unarmed Tapeworm
What is the longest cestodes (can grow up to 25 meters in length)?
Taenia saginata