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Record 1 2003-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Worms and Related Organisms
DEF

The head of a tapeworm either in the larva or adult stage from which the proglottids are produced by budding.

CONT

Tapeworms have neither mouth nor digestive tract and absorb food through the external body surface. ... The scolex, or head, ... attaches by suckers or hooks to the inside of a human intestine ...

OBS

Plural: scolices, scoleces or scolexes.

Key term(s)
  • scolices
  • scoleces
  • scolexes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Vers et organismes apparentés
DEF

[...] extrémité antérieure [...] des ténias, portant les organes de fixation à l'hôte (ventouses et bothridies) et bourgeonnant dans sa région postérieure, les segments successifs constituant le strobile.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Anatomía animal
  • Gusanos y organismos semejantes
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