A | B |
cephalothorax | front part of the body joining the head and thorax |
abdomen | back part of the body shaped like a bulb |
sucking stomach | large muscles used to suck i the spider's liquid food |
heart | located on the back of the abdomen |
carapace | a tough plate that protects the cephalothorax |
silk | strong material used to construct webs, egg sacs, as a life line |
trachea | tubes where gasses are exchanged with the blood |
spinnerets | used to spin silk into threads and webs |
thorax | second part of spider's body |
book lung | hollow leaf-like structures through which the blood flows |
femur | third, often the largest part of leg |
pedipalp | short leg-like parts close to mouth that helps to catch and hold prey |
poison gland | where venom is made and stored |
chelicera | jaws at the front of the head |
fang | piercing parts of these jaws used to bite prey |
spigots | openings on spider's tail end where silk shoots out |