Figure 3.
Tegument of the cestodes. Panel (a) represents a photograph of the tegument of Taenia crassiceps cysticercus obtained by transmission electron microscopy. Panel (b) is a schematic representation of the tegument of cestodes. Abbreviations: bl, basal lamina; er, endoplasmatic reticulum; gg, glycogen granules; M, muscle; MI, microtriches; N, nucleus; pm, parenchymal mitochondria (anaerobic mitochondria); tm, tegumental mitochondria (aerobic mitochondria); v, vesicles.