File:EB1911 Tapeworms - body-wall of a young Ligula.jpg

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English: Diagram of a transverse section through the body-wall of a young Ligula, illustrating the microscopic structure of tapeworms. a, cuticle; b, basal membrane; c, outer circular muscles; d, epidermal cells depressed below the surface usually occupied by them in other animals; e, gland cell; f, “flame-cell” (the reference line stops a little short); g, outer longitudinal muscles; h, a calcareous corpuscle; i, dorso-ventral muscles; j, a “parenchyma” cell (probably nervous); k, nerve-plexus; l, excretory vessel giving off capillaries ending in flame-cells; m, a sense-cell; n, a muscle-cell; o, ending of the same; p, ending of sense-cell; q, opening of gland-cell; r, superficial cuticle.
Date published 1911
Source “Tapeworms,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 26, 1911, p. 409, fig. 6.
Author From Lankester's Treatise on Zoology, part iv.
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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.

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current18:07, 16 January 2019Thumbnail for version as of 18:07, 16 January 2019657 × 1,364 (321 KB)Bob Burkhardt{{Information |description ={{en|1=Diagram of a transverse section through the body-wall of a young ''Ligula'', illustrating the microscopic structure of tapeworms. ''a'', cuticle; ''b'', basal membrane; ''c'', outer circular muscles; ''d'', epidermal cells depressed below the surface usually occupied by them in other animals; ''e'', gland cell; ''f'', “flame-cell” (the reference line stops a little short); ''g'', outer longitudinal muscles; ''h'', a calcareous corpuscle; ''i'', dorso-ventr...