File:Tapeworm scolex.jpg

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This micrograph reveals the morphology of a Taenia solium tapeworm scolex with its four suckers, and two rows of hooks. In the human intestine, the cysticercus, i.e. larval stage, develops over 2 mo. into an adult tapeworm, which can survive for years, attaching to, and residing in the small intestine by using the suckers and hooks located in its head region, or scolex.

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