In hydatid cyst which layer has germinal membrane and contains ble parasites: (A) Pericyst, (B) Mesocyst, (C) Ectocyst, (D) Endocyst
Answer is D. The hydatid cyst is characterised by three layers, an outer pericyst derived from compressed host organ tissues, an intermediate hyaline ectocyst, which is non-infective, and an inner endocyst that is the germinal membrane and contains ble parasites which can separate forming daughter cysts.Ref: Bailey and Love 27e pg: 64