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Results 1 - 10 of 34 for Eggs
  1. Mosquito, egg raft (image) 
    Mosquitoes of the Culex species lay their eggs in the form of egg rafts that float in still or stagnant water. The mosquito lays the eggs one at a time sticking ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1248.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Pinworm eggs (image) 
    ... typically the parents or other care-givers). The eggs may be easily seen under a microscope. To ... side of the tape picks up the pinworm eggs and the tape is then stuck to a ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1004.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Trichuris trichiura egg (image) 
    ... is the classical appearance of the Trichuria (whipworm) egg. The eggs are highly infectious. After a person eats contaminated food, the worms hatch from the eggs and live in the intestine, causing vomiting and ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1007.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Scabies mite, eggs, and stool photomicrograph (image) 
    ... a skin scraping that contains a scabies mite, eggs, and feces. This animal burrows into the skin, depositing both eggs and feces. A scabies infestation causes intense itching ( ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/2471.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Roundworm eggs - ascariasis (image) 
    ... time. Infection is more common in warm climates. Eggs are passed in the stool of infected animals ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1005.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Ascaris lumbricoides egg (image) 
    This is an egg of Ascaris lumbricoides . Ascarides are roundworms, a common parasitic infection throughout the world. It is estimated that as many ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/2636.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Head louse emerging from egg (image) 
    ... photograph of a head louse emerging from an egg. Head lice have become an increasing problem in ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/2604.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Hookworm egg (image) 
    This is a hookworm egg. Hookworms hatch in damp vegetation. Their larvae can enter the human body through the skin, even without cuts or abrasions. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/2621.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Birth control pill - series (image) 
    ... LH) stimulate the ovary into producing a ripe egg ready for fertilization by sperm during a normal ... menstrual cycle, hormones stimulate the ovary causing an egg to ripen. The uterine lining thickens preparing itself ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100108_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Barrier methods of birth control - series (image) 
    ... of a woman's ovaries will produce a mature egg that will travel through the fallopian tube into the uterus. If sperm fertilizes this egg, the egg will attach itself to the uterine ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100107_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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