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Is the knob-shaped head of a tapeworm containing hooks and suckers called a scolex?
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Yes.
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What is the head of a tapeworm called and how is it used?
The head of a tapeworm is called a scolex. The tapeworm attaches itself to the intestine of the host with hooks and suckers that are on the scolex.
Which worm has feeding structures called hooks and suckers?
tapeworm
What do you call a tapeworm in a dog?
A tapeworm in a dog is called the same thing, a tapeworm. The most common kind of tapeworm found in dogs is the Dipylidium Caninum, which is the cucumber tapeworm or double-pore tapeworm.
What are the three body parts of a tapeworm?
The tapeworm has a head called the scolex. On this head there are teeth that hook the the intestines wall. Should this fail, there are also a set of suckers. The teeth and suckers keep the worm from being digested. The body is made up of segments called proglottids, generated by the neck. With these segments the worm can grow up to 30ft long! The segments eventually break off to either find another place in the body or to come out with the feces. If it comes out with the feces, it was most likely be picked up by other creatures. The segments that remain in the body may travel up the brain, eyes, and other places such as the liver.
What are the suction cups on an octopus called?
They are commonly called suckers.
What is a long parasitic flatworm called?
It could be a tapeworm.
Where does a tapeworm have its reproductive organs in segments called what?
proglottids
What is the encysted larva of the beef tapeworm called?
Cysticercus
This worm has a larval form called a bladder worm?
tapeworm
What is the head of a tapeworm called?
A porter-youdler
What is a tapeworm body segmant called?
yes, often thousands.
How do banana reproduce?
Generally by off-shoots called suckers or "pups"
