(n.) A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm.
(n.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.
(n.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave.
Example Sentences:
(1) In group V, five cases of Taenia saginata parasitosis were studied showing a weak positive reading.
(2) Genomic and cDNA actin clones were isolated from Taenia solium gene libraries.
(3) Short segments of portions of taenia coli of the guinea-pig averaging 54 mum X 219 mum X ca.
(4) Smooth muscle cells of taeniae fixed under 1 gram load were about 515 mum long.
(5) However, some facts observed contradict the validity of this hypothesis for coronary artery SMC in contrast to taenia caeci: 1) elevation of external Ca2+ concentration did not affect the time course of ICa inactivation; 2) inactivation of In.s., i.e.
(6) Three monoclonal antibodies specific for cysticercal antigens, which did not show any cross-reactivity with Taenia solium or Taenia saginata antigens, were selected.
(7) Ca sensitivity and energy dependence in the contractile proteins of the glycerinated taenia coli of guinea pig were studied.
(8) Cold storage (2 degrees C) treatment progressively reduced noradrenaline uptake by the taenia caecum of the guinea-pig.
(9) The effect of cisapride (R51619) on intrinsic cholinergic nerve activity of human sigmoid taenia coli muscle strips (taenia) was assessed using radiolabelling techniques.
(10) Single cells were prepared from the guinea-pig taenia caecum and used for the study of drug-receptor interactions.
(11) The properties of alkaline phosphatase present in Taenia crassiceps cysticerci were studied.
(12) The quinolinehydrazones of the 1-phenyl-2,5-dimethyl-3-pyrrolcarboxaldehyde were tested in vivo against Hymenolepis nana and Taenia taeniaeformis and proved inactive.
(13) Tablets of micronised nitroscanate (nominal particle size 2--3 microns) were given to a total of 190 dogs that had been experimentally infected with either Echinococcus granulosus or Taenia hydatigena.
(14) The effects of protein kinase C activation by 12-O-tetra-decanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) on the functions of guinea-pig smooth muscle taenia coli have been studied, using double-sucrose-gap method.
(15) light between 340-380 nm produced a maximum relaxation of the taenia coli.
(16) Phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra (103.2 MHz) were obtained from rabbit portal vein, urinary bladder, and taenia coli smooth muscle.
(17) These results suggest that the inhibitory action of dehydrocorydaline on the relaxation or contraction, produced by nicotine and electrical nerve stimulation, is due to blockade of noradrenaline release from the adrenergic nerve terminals in both the taenia caecum and pulmonary artery.
(18) The only recent reports of cestode studies in these countries have been on reports of new species in animals and on prevalence rates of cestode parasites in humans; Taenia solium and cysticercosis, Taenia saginata and Hymenolepis nana, etc.
(19) An ammonium sulfate-soluble fraction of Taenia hydatigena cyst fluid (ThFAS) was further evaluated for use in the immunodiagnosis of cysticercosis.
(20) The inhibitory actions of adenosine diphosphate (ADP), adenosine monophosphate (AMP), adenosine and 16 adenine nucleotide and nucleoside analogs on the isolated guinea-pig taenia coli preparation were compared with those of adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
Tapeworm
Definition:
(n.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to Taenia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the body being much larger and longer than the anterior ones, and containing the fully developed sexual organs. The head is small, destitute of a mouth, but furnished with two or more suckers (which vary greatly in shape in different genera), and sometimes, also, with hooks for adhesion to the walls of the intestines of the animals in which they are parasitic. The larvae (see Cysticercus) live in the flesh of various creatures, and when swallowed by another animal of the right species develop into the mature tapeworm in its intestine. See Illustration in Appendix.
Example Sentences:
(1) The plerocercoid stage of the tapeworm Spirometra mansonoides produces a functional analog of human growth hormone (hGH).
(2) The drug of choice against all kinds of tapeworms is Niclosamide.
(3) Untreated control dogs did not shed tapeworms of either species during a 3-day period of posttreatment fecal collections, but did have tapeworms at the time of necropsy.
(4) Hymenolepis nana (von Siebold, 1852), the dwarf tapeworm causing hymenolepiasis, has been reported to be the common intestinal cestode of rodents and man throughout the world.
(5) The anthelmintic effects of anti-tapeworm drugs, bithionol, paromomycin sulphate, flubendazole and mebendazole on immature and mature Hymenolepis nana in mice were compared.
(6) Infection in humans or animals by the common tapeworm of dogs and cats (Dipylidium caninum) requires ingestion of the intermediate host, the dog or cat flea containing the larva (cysticercoids) of the agent.
(7) The diphyllobothriid tapeworms are primarily restricted to the northern Canada.
(8) One hundred and seven 4-quinolinehydrazones were synthesized and tested in vivo against the tapeworm Hymenolepis nana.
(9) When the oncosphere of H. nana undergoes differentiation and development into the mature tapeworm, the infected mouse first produces anti-oncosphere antibody, followed by anti-cysticercoid, anti-adult scolex and finally anti-strobila (other than scolex region) antibodies of IgG, IgM and IgA isotypes as detected by indirect immunofluorescent antibody test.
(10) Factor analysis grouped the variables considered into 5 factors: the first was associated with veterinary assistance; the second with the animal's function and the presence of whipworms, hookworms and tapeworms; the third with cohabitation, origin and presence of coccidia; the fourth with the presence of fresh meat (cooked, raw or frozen) in the diet, age and positivity for ascarids; the fifth with sex and the presence of gastroenteric conditions.
(11) H. citelli was also shown to be expelled simultaneously during the rejection phase of H. diminuta in concurrent infections, indicating the susceptibility of the former tapeworm to the rejection mechanism initiated by the latter.
(12) The cytological structure of the tegument of H. nana corresponds in general to that of other tapeworms.
(13) The development of the tapeworm Khawia sinensis has been observed up to the stage of sexually mature parasites releasing eggs in an experimentally infected definitive host (Cyprinus carpio) at 15-16 degrees C. Juvenile, maturing, adult and gravid tapeworms were found 2-12, 19-24, 36-62, and 78-91 days post infection, respectively.
(14) Antigens of Taenia solium can be demonstrated by ELISA technique in stool samples of tapeworm carriers.
(15) However, immunocytochemically distinct subpopulations of perikarya and regionally defined areas of ectocytoplasm were identified along the tapeworm strobila by the use of monoclonal antibodies raised against a preparation of isolated tegument.
(16) An evaluation of possible predisposing factors provided further evidence of the important role of the tapeworm Anoplocephala perfoliata in initiating intussusception involving the ileum and caecum.
(17) Eggs of a tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium sp (probably D dendriticum), were detected in feces of a healthy, 5-month-old, Siberian Husky.
(18) These results were similar to other studies with different geographic strains of the T. saginata-like tapeworm in the Far East.
(19) The drug was found to be highly toxic to tapeworms.
(20) Mean villus height, crypt depth and the number of 5-HT-positive enterochromaffin (EC) cells have been examined in two regions of the small intestine (20-30% and 60-70% distance from the pylorus) of male, 6 to 8-week-old, C57 mice following a 5-cysticercoid infection of the rat tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta.