Tapeworm tegument facilitates
- nutrition absorption (as they lack a gut) and
- protection from host’s digestive enzymes and immune responses
- Tapeworms have microtrichia (microvilli-like structures) on the outer surface of tegument
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Department of Zoology, OUSL
Tapeworm tegument facilitates