Saint Mary’s University

SCHOOL OF HEALTH and NATURAL SCIENCE

Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya
MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
PARASITOLOGY LABORATORY
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Exercise 7C
Taenia solium
(Pork Tapeworm)

Draw and label the different structures specified.

Taenia solium
Gravid proglottid

Structures to identify:
 Irregular alternate genital pore
 Testes follicles
 Ovary with large symmetrical
lobes
 Genital pore

Taenia solium
Scolex

Structures to identify:
 Four cup-like suckers
 Conspicuous rostellum
 Hooklets
 Saint Mary’s University
SCHOOL OF HEALTH and NATURAL SCIENCE
Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya
MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
PARASITOLOGY LABORATORY

Taenia solium
Egg

Structures to identify:
 Radial striations
 Oncosphere
 Hooklets