Cysticercus

(sis-te-ser’kus), pl. cysticer’cs [Gr. κύστις bladder + xépxos tail]. A larval form or scolex of the tapeworm. hydatid. C. acan- tho’tri as, a species found in the dura mater of the human brain. C. bo’vis, the larva of Tania sagina’ta, found in the muscles of the ox. C. cellulo’ , the larva of Ta’nia so'lium, or tapeworm of man. It is found in the muscles of the pig. C. tenuicol’lis, a hydatid found in the abdominal cavity of swine, sheep, and occasionally of man. It is the larva of Ta’nia margins ta of the dog.