Much like the role of sacrifice elsewhere in the world, it thus seems that these rites functioned as a type of atonement for Aztec believers. Their sacrificial hymns describe the victim as sent (to death) to plead for us, or consecrated to annul all sin. wide variety of explanations and interpretations of the Aztec practice of human sacrifice have been proposed by modern scholars. Most scholars of Pre-Columbian civilization see human sacrifice among the Aztecs as a part of the long cultural tradition of human sacrifice in Mesoamerica.
Introduction. Helminth is a general term meaning worm. The helminths are invertebrates characterized by elongated, flat or round bodies. In medically oriented schemes the flatworms or platyhelminths (platy from the Greek root meaning âflatâ) include flukes and tapeworms.Roundworms are nematodes (nemato from the Greek root meaning âthreadâ).he helminths are invertebrates characterized by elongated, flat or round bodies. In medically oriented schemes the flatworms or platyhelminths (platy from the Greek root meaning âflatâ) include flukes and tapeworms.
ShareCompartir. Soil-transmitted helminths refer to the intestinal worms infecting humans that are transmitted through contaminated soil (helminth means parasitic worm): Ascaris lumbricoides (sometimes called just .Ascaris ), whipworm (Trichuris trichiura), and hookworm (Anclostoma duodenale and Necator americanus).hipworm. An estimated 604-795 million people in the world are infected with whipworm. Whipworm, hookworm, and Ascaris are known as soil-transmitted helminths (parasitic worms). Together, they account for a major burden of disease worldwide.