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==Anatomy== | ==Anatomy== | ||
The tapeworm is made up of a knoblike head or scolex, a short neck, and multiple flat, rectangular body segments or proglottids.[http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0861442.html] | The tapeworm is made up of a knoblike head or scolex, a short neck, and multiple flat, rectangular body segments or proglottids.On the external surface of the scolex there are hooks that allow the tapeworm to latch onto the inside of a host's intestines where it lives for most of its adult life.[http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0861442.html] | ||
==Reproduction== | ==Reproduction== | ||
