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Image by: Marc Perkins, ~40X magnification

A gravid Taenia pisiformis proglottid. This segment is completely filled with eggs that are inside the uterus, and is near the end of the tapeworm.  Eventually each gravid segment breaks off of the tapeworm and is passed out with the feces of the host.