Question

Which one of the following is commonly known as pork tapeworm of man?

• A. Taenia marginata
• B. Taenia solium
• C. Taenia saginata
• D. Taenia flavipunctatus

Answer 1

The correct option is B Taenia solium

• Platyhelminthes is a triploblastic, bilaterally symmetrical acoelomate and the space between the body wall and the alimentary canal is filled with mesenchyme (connective tissue). The developing nerve net clearly indicates that they have an organ grade of organization.
• Taenia solium is an intestinal infection with adult tapeworms that follows ingestion of contaminated pork. Cysticercosis is infection with larvae of T. solium, which develops after ingestion of ova excreted in human feces.

So, the correct answer is option B.