"The hypostome has microscopic backward-pointing barbs, and the tick also secretes a cement-like substance to anchor the mouthparts in place," explains Ostfeld. This anatomy makes it challenging ...

This is an image of the head (1) and mouth (2) of a tick (Ixodida). In this image you can see the hypostome (3), part of the mouth that contains backward facing spikes that make it hard to pull the ...

A tick’s mouth has two sets of sharp hooks to break through the host’s skin so the tick can insert its feeding apparatus, called a hypostome (1 and 2, respectively). In the center of a tick’s mouth ...

The patient underwent extensive workup. All laboratory testing including CBC, CMP and Lyme titers were within normal limits. Neurology was consulted given the concern of possible Guillan-Barre ...