Helminths:
- Derived from Greek meaning worm.
- Helminths are higher, multicellular forms of parasite with specialized organs.(Baumann, 2007)
- Can be found throughout natural world.
- Cestodes are members of Phylum Platyhelminthes.
- Commonly called tape worms.
- Cestodes are flat, segmented, intestinal parasites that completely lack digestive systems.
- Always reside in the gut of definitive host (human).
- Adult worms obtain nourishment from semi digested food of the host.
- Some tapeworms produce proglottids large enough to be obviously visible in stools.
- Length of tapeworms = 3 to 10 meter.
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