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  1. what do all cestodes require?
    IH
  2. how long can adult cestodes live?
    years
  3. where do most cestodes live?
    gi tract
  4. what are the 3 parts to a cestode?
    • scolex head
    • strobila chain
    • proglottids indiv seg
  5. how do cestodes procreate/>
    hermaphrodiets
  6. how do cestodes eat?
    absorb nutrients
  7. what do cestodes look like?
    long flat segmented
  8. what the typical cestode life cycle?
    egg ingested, hatches in intest. migrates. encysts in tissue - then DH eats IH
  9. when do you see cysticercus or cysticerdoids?
    IH host of ceestodes
  10. what species would you see cysticeroids?
    arthropods
  11. where would you see cyctircercus?
    in IH host - fleas
  12. taenia genis is a type of what?
    cestode
  13. what are the 4 tenias to know?
    taenia taneiaformis, pisiformis, saginata, solium

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 Cestodes
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2012-03-18 04:11:05
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