Cestodes

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what do all cestodes require?

IH
how long can adult cestodes live?

years
where do most cestodes live?

gi tract
what are the 3 parts to a cestode?
- scolex head
- strobila chain
- proglottids indiv seg
how do cestodes procreate/>

hermaphrodiets
how do cestodes eat?

absorb nutrients
what do cestodes look like?

long flat segmented
what the typical cestode life cycle?

egg ingested, hatches in intest. migrates. encysts in tissue - then DH eats IH
when do you see cysticercus or cysticerdoids?

IH host of ceestodes
what species would you see cysticeroids?

arthropods
where would you see cyctircercus?

in IH host - fleas
taenia genis is a type of what?

cestode
what are the 4 tenias to know?

taenia taneiaformis, pisiformis, saginata, solium