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Second part of life cycle |
Eggs released into feces |
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Third part in tapeworm lifecycle |
Eaten by consumer of some kind. The egg forms a cyst in the muscle tissue cysticerius |
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Fourth part in tapeworm lifecycle |
Scolex everts in the host and starts to mature |
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Reproductive cycle - Part one |
Proglottids grow and mature they develop both male and female reproductive organs. |
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Reproductive cycle - Part two |
Spermatozoa from the seminal vessicles is injected into the female duct, which then the spematozoa travel down the vagina into the seminal receptacles. Soon to be used to fertilize (this after copulation) |
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Reproductive cycle - Part three |
After fertilization, the eggs fill the uterus and proglottid. The proglottid then breaks off the posterior end and into the host's feces. |
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What are the hooks for? |
Allows the organism to attach to the intestinal wall. |
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What do the suckers do? |
Obtains nutrients from the host |
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Explain proglottids |
They are separate pieces/sections of the worm . They form the neck region by asexual budding. Proglottids mature at different stages. Old ones move posteriorly. Immature proglottids are full of reproductive structures. |
