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Figure 44: TEM of the tegument covering the scolex of Cysticercus pisiformis. Five to six-week-old tegument at inner edge of sucker showing thick muscular layer arranged in vertical (VM), oblique (OM), circular (CM), and longitudinal (LM) muscle bundles. In-between the muscle bundle, packets of electron-dense bodies (DB) and large mitochondria (Mt) are observed. Electron-lucent vesicles (LV) are occasionally seen between the muscle bundles.

Figure 44: TEM of the tegument covering the scolex of <i>Cysticercus pisiformis</i>. Five to six-week-old tegument at inner edge of sucker showing thick muscular layer arranged in vertical (VM), oblique (OM), circular (CM), and longitudinal (LM) muscle bundles. In-between the muscle bundle, packets of electron-dense bodies (DB) and large mitochondria (Mt) are observed. Electron-lucent vesicles (LV) are occasionally seen between the muscle bundles.