The carbohydrates of the glycocalyx are apparently important in facilitating that uptake. Each proglottid contains a complete set of reproductive organs and very little else. Once fertilization of eggs occurs, call it a gravid proglottid. A Few Life Cycles A. Taenia spp. Beef tapeworm in intestine of people, eggs out with feces, onto ground.
People eat the meat and become infected and the cysticercus everts and attaches to intestinal wall.
Huge reproductive potential Holdfasts Absorb food rather than ingest it.