Image: Taenia solium tapeworm scolex with its four suckers and two rows of hooks 5262 lores

Description: ID#: 5262 Description: This micrograph reveals the morphology of a Taenia solium tapeworm scolex with its four suckers, and two rows of hooks. In the human intestine, the cysticercus, i.e. larval stage, develops over 2 mo. into an adult tapeworm, which can survive for years, attaching to, and residing in the small intestine by using the suckers and hooks located in its head region, or scolex. Content Providers(s): CDC Creation Date: 1986 Copyright Restrictions: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions. As a matter of courtesy we request that the content provider be credited and notified in any public or private usage of this image.
Title: Taenia solium tapeworm scolex with its four suckers and two rows of hooks 5262 lores
Credit: http://phil.cdc.gov/PHIL_Images/20031208/15dc7a2463b842c69afc2db6c07f7b9f/5262_lores.jpg
Permission: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. See Copyright. Note: This only applies to original works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See § 313.6(C)(1) of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No