Saint Mary’s University

SCHOOL OF HEALTH and NATURAL SCIENCE

Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya
MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
PARASITOLOGY LABORATORY
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Exercise 7A
Diphyllobithrium latum
(Broad or Fish Tapeworm)

Draw and label the different structures specified.

Diphyllobothrium latum
Gravid proglottid

Structures to identify:
 Rosette-like uterus
 Bilobed ovary
 Testes
 Genital pore in the midventral
line

Diphyllobothrium latum
Scolex

Structures to identify:
 Dorsoventral sucking grooves
 Saint Mary’s University
SCHOOL OF HEALTH and NATURAL SCIENCE
Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya
MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
PARASITOLOGY LABORATORY

Diphyllobothrium latum
Egg

Structures to identify:
 Inconspicuous operculum
 Thick shell with knob at bottom
of egg
 Immature embryo