1. A large number of important enzymes has been detected in the tegument . 2. Some portion of the tegument has interconnected surface extension appearing as loops. 3. The external surface of tegument is associated with unique defining structures in cestodes and trematodes. 4. The teguments are soft or subcoriaceous. 5. Acanthocephalans do not have digestive tracts and absorb nutrients through the tegument , the external layer. 6. Cytochemical and Ultrastructural Observations on the Tegument of the Trematode " Megalodiscus temperatus ". 7. Like praziquantel, it promotes more severe damage of the dorsal tegument than of the ventral surface. 8. Their tegument is somewhat sticky because of the anchor-like spicules that project through the skin. 9. Tapeworms have a tegument which allows nutrients to be absorbed directly from the host small intestine by diffusion. 10. The seeds are oblong, 50 60 mm long, coated with an orange-brown tegument when ripe.
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