Figure 5.21 (a) The oral sucker is visible on the anterior end of this liver fluke,Opisthorchis viverrini. (b) This
micrograph shows the scolex of the cestodeTaenia solium, also known as the pork tapeworm. The visible suckers
and hooks allow the worm to attach itself to the inner wall of the intestine. (credit a: modification of work by Sripa B,
Kaewkes S, Sithithaworn P, Mairiang E, Laha T, and Smout M)
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