Tapeworms Part 1

Question 1

List the 4 general characteristics of tapeworms

Answer 1

1) flattened body shape

2) no body cavity

3) hermaphroditic

4) incomplete digestive tract

Question 2

Name the phylum of tapeworms

Answer 2

Platyhelminthes

Question 3

Name the class of tapeworms

Answer 3

Cestoda

Question 4

What order is considered “true tapeworms”

Answer 4

Cyclophyllidea

Question 5

What order is considered “false tapeworms”

Answer 5

Pseudophyllidea

Question 6

Name 3 important genera of cyclophyllidea cestodes

Answer 6

1) taenia

2) echinoccocus

3) dipylidium

Question 7

Name two examples of genera of pseudophyllidea

Answer 7

Diphyllobothrium and spiropmetra

Question 8

Describe the anterior end of the pseudophyllidean tapeworm

Answer 8

Almond shaped scolex

Question 9

Describe the anterior end of cyclophyllideans

Answer 9

Have at least 2 suckers, hooks, and a rostellum

Question 10

What are the differences between the reproductive systems of the pseudophyllidea and cyclophyllidea

Answer 10

Pseudophyllidea have a uterine pore, testis, and an ovary, more rectangular shaped

Cyclophyllidea have a genital pore, cirrus sac, yolk reservoir, ovary, uterus, and testis, more square shaped

Question 11

Note the differences between cyclophyllidea and cyclophyllidea gravid proglottids

Answer 11

Pseudophyllidea: horizontal rectangular shape, only contains uterus

Cyclophyllidea: vertical retangular shape, uterus, gential pore

Question 12

Taenia solium is also called _______

Answer 12

An armed tapeworm because they have hooks around the rostellum

Question 13

T or F: Taenia saginata and Taenia solium both infect humans and animals

Answer 13

True

Question 14

T or F: Taenia saginata have hooks

Answer 14

False, they lack hooks