The anterior organ of a tapeworm used for attachment to the host intestine. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0002305 http://tropmed.org/dictionary/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cestoda#Scolex ]
Term information
- The anterior organ of a tapeworm used for attachment to the host intestine.
- uberon
- holdfast
- holdfast organ
- tapeworm head
- UBERON:0015119