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Roundworms & Flatworms

Human worms split into two great groups, the roundworms and the flatworms. The body plan predicts how each one spreads and what it does. Compare all ten on one ruler, read the eosinophil clue, then pick the test that would really find it.

Pinworm

The bar is to scale. A tapeworm really is that much longer than a pinworm.
Pinwormthe most common worm in the United States
Common human worms, tap one
Eosinophil countnormal
normalmildhighvery high

Which test would find it?

Pick one. The answer and the reason appear underneath.

Choose a test above.