Cestodes Quiz

1. Which parasite can be acquired from eating raw or undercooked fish containing the pleurocercoid?

2. Which parasite can be acquired from the ingestion of insects containing the cysticercoids ?

3. Which parasite is also known as dog tapeworm?

4. Which parasite is also known as dwarf tapeworm?

5. Which parasite can be acquired from eating undercooked beef?

6. Which parasite can be acquired from eating undercooked pork?

7. Which structure in the tapeworm contains the sperm and egg?

8. Hydatid cysts in humans are caused by?

9. Which parasite is also known as fish tapeworm?

10. Which parasitic infection may result in vitamin B12 deficiency?

11. Which structure in the tapeworm contains the hooks for attachment to the host?