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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
Author
erricktracy
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142152
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Cestodes
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Cestodes
Updated
3/18/2012, 4:11:05 AM
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