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SCOLEX Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
: the head of a tapeworm either in the larva or adult stage .
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Cestoda - Wikipedia
Tapeworms anchor themselves to the inside of the intestine of their host using their scolex, which typically has hooks, suckers, or both. They have no mouth, ...
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Scolex - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
The musculature of the scolex consists of sets of crisscrossing fibers attached to the inner surfaces of the suckers, enabling them to contract.
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scolex
‖ scolex (ˈskəʊlɛks) Pl. scoleces (skəʊˈliːsiːz), also erron. scolices (ˈskəʊlɪsiːz). [mod.L., a. Gr. σκώληξ (pl. σκώληκες) worm.] The larva or embryo produced directly from the egg in metagenesis; esp. the larva or head of a tapeworm or other parasitic worm.1855 T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. (ed. 2) 135...
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Scolex – Knowledge and References - Taylor & Francis
A scolex is a small, inverted head of a tapeworm that is identifiable by its crown of hooklets. It contains holdfast organs such as muscular sucking discs, ...
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Species Profile - Scolex pleuronectis
Identification: S. pleuronectis refers to a complex of species of cestodes in the order Tetraphyllidea. They exhibit proglottids containing male and female ...
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Cysticercus
Inside the vesicular wall is an invaginated (facing inward) scolex. The scolex contains suckers and hooks, and a neck attached to a rudimentary body segment.
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Scolex - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Scolex is defined as the anterior part of a cestode (tapeworm) that features four suckers and lacks hooks, serving as the attachment structure to the host.
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scolex | Taber's Medical Dictionary
The headlike segment of a tapeworm, by which it attaches itself to the wall of the intestine. Scolices usually possess hooks, suckers, or bothria (grooves) for ...
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Scolex | zoology | Britannica
worm, any of various unrelated invertebrate animals that typically have soft, slender, elongated bodies. Worms usually lack appendages.
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DPDx - Cysticercosis - CDC
Cysticercosis is the disease associated with the development of the larval form (cysticercus) of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, within an intermediate host.
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scolecoid
scolecoid, a. (skəʊˈliːkɔɪd) Also erron. scolicecoid. [ad. Gr. σκωληκοειδής, f. σκωληκ-, σκώληξ worm, scolex: see -oid.] Resembling a worm or a scolex.1858 Mayne Expos. Lex., Scolecoides, resembling a worm; vermiform: scolecoid. 1864 [see scolex]. 1891 in Century Dict.
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Bothrium
Bothria (from Greek bothrion = small pit, diminutive of bothros = pit, trench) are elongate, dorsal or ventral longitudinal grooves on the scolex of cestoda
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Bothria
Bothria may refer to:
bothria, plural of bothrium, an anatomical feature of the scolex of certain kinds of tapeworm.
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