Taenia saginata

Question 1

What body system is exclusive to tapeworms (Cestodes)?

Answer 1

Gastrointestinal

Question 2

What are the two classifications of Taenia saginata?

Answer 2

Eucestode (true tapeworm) and Beef tapeworm

Question 3

Who is the definitive host of Taenia saginata?

Answer 3

Human

Question 4

Who is the Intermediate host of Taenia saginata?

Answer 4

Cattle

Question 5

What comes out of a Eucestode egg when it first hatches?

Answer 5

Oncosphere

Question 6

What type of egg is Taenia saginata?

Answer 6

Taenia

Question 7

After the egg hatches within the Intermediate host, and the Onchosphere emerges, what does it develop into?

Answer 7

One of five metacestodes, in this case, a cysticercoid (This happens within the muscle of the cattle)

Question 8

How does the Definitive host (the human) ingest the infectious cysticercoid cysts?

Answer 8

Eats “measly beef” (Zoonotic!!! Poorly cooked beef)

Question 8

What does the cysticercoid do once it enters the definitive host?

Answer 8

Matures in the small intestine and then attaches to the walls of the small intestine with an unarmed Scolex and begins to reproduce (proglottids)

Question 9

Diagnosis of Taenia saginata

Answer 9

Fecal flotation (Taenia Eggs)