KROK 1 2014 – Question 22 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
A 26-year-old female consulted a doctor about having stool with white flat moving organisms resembling noodles. Laboratory analysis revealed proglottids with the following characteristics: long, narrow, with a longitudinal channel of the uterus with 17-35 lateral branches on each side. What kind of intestinal parasite was found?
- A. Echinococcus granulosus
- B. Hymenolepis nana
- C. Taenia solium
- D. Diphyllobothrium latum
- E. Taeniarhynchus saginatus
Hint
Compare how many lateral uterine branches a mature segment has in the common human tapeworms, and note that some segments crawl out actively.
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