Scolex attached to intestinal wall Uterus Hooks Genital pore Sucker Proglottids © Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc./Phototake 500 um Scolex Mature proglottid Figure 37.9 Body plan of a tapeworm (class Cestoda). A mature proglottid has mature reproductive organs; a gravid proglottid contains many eggs.
Scolex attached to intestinal wall Uterus Hooks Genital pore Sucker Proglottids © Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc./Phototake 500 um Scolex Mature proglottid Figure 37.9 Body plan of a tapeworm (class Cestoda). A mature proglottid has mature reproductive organs; a gravid proglottid contains many eggs.
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Examine figure 37.9 and its caption carefully. Which proglottids, mature or gravid, occur closest to the scolex?

Transcribed Image Text:Scolex attached
to intestinal wall
Uterus
Hooks
Genital
pore
Sucker
Proglottids
© Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc./Phototake
500 um
Scolex
Mature proglottid
Figure 37.9 Body plan of a tapeworm (class Cestoda). A mature proglottid has mature reproductive organs; a gravid proglottid contains
many eggs.
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