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'''[[Cestodes Flascards]]
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'''[[Trematodes Flashcards]]
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'''[[Nematode Flashcards]]
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'''[[Cattle Nematode Flashcards]]
==<font color="purple">Cestodes</font>==
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'''[[Small Ruminant Nematodes Flashcards]]
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'''[[Horse Nematode Flashcards]]</big>
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|<big>'''Fill in the missing words about cestodes'''
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[[Category:Parasite Flashcards]][[Category:Helminths]]
||<big>A cestode (tapeworm) is a chain (<font color="white">'''''strobila'''''</font>) of progressively maturing reproductive units called <font color="white">'''''proglottids'''''</font> anchored at one end to the intestinal wall by a hold-fast organ called the <font color="white">'''''scolex'''''</font>.
 
||[[Insecta#Structure and Function|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''What species of Taenia occur in dogs?'''
 
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*'''''Taenia ovis'''''
 
*'''''Taenia hydatigena'''''
 
*'''''Taenia pisiformis'''''
 
*'''''Taenia multiceps'''''
 
*'''''Taenia serialis'''''
 
||[[Insecta#Wing|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''What are the more obvious morphological features of the scolex of a cyclophyllidean tapeworm?'''
 
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*'''''Four suckers'''''
 
*'''''Rostellum with rows of large hooks'''''
 
*'''''Unsegmented neck (behind the scolex) which gives rise to new segments'''''
 
||[[Insecta#Respiratory System|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''Describe the features of a cysticercus'''
 
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*'''''Fluid filled bladder, containing a single invaginated head (protoscolex) - seen as a white blob on the wall of the cyst'''''
 
||[[Insecta#Circulatory System|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''In which host(s) would you expect to find the cysticercus of ''T. hydatigena'' and where in the host might it be found?'''
 
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*'''''Sheep (mostly)''''''
 
*'''''Cattle'''''
 
*'''''Pigs'''''
 
*'''''Found in the peritoneal cavity
 
||[[Insecta#Life Cycles|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''What is the difference between a coenurus and a cysticercus?'''
 
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*'''''A coenurus is a fluid filled bladder with multiples (dozens) of inverted head attached to the wall'''''
 
*'''''Whereas the cysticercus  has only a single inverted scolex.'''''
 
||[[Insecta#Life Cycles|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''How does the distribution of hydatid cysts differ in sheep, horses and humans?'''
 
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*'''''Sheep = most are in the lungs with smaller numbers in the liver'''''
 
*'''''Horses = nearly all are in the liver'''''
 
*'''''Hymans = most are in the liver, with some in the lungs and a few elsewhere'''''
 
||[[Insecta#Simple Metamorphosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''Summarise complex metamorphosis and give an example of a species of insect which uses it'''
 
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*'''''Larva emerges from egg'''''
 
*'''''Larva grows and moults'''''
 
*'''''Larva pupates'''''
 
*'''''Adult emerges from pupa'''''
 
*'''''Flies'''''
 
||[[Insecta#Complex Metamorphosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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