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Theyre creepy. Theyre crawly. And theyre very cool. Theres more to know about spiders than you can imagine
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Cephalothorax [Seh-fal-o-thor-ax] A combination of the head and thorax. The spiders eyes, fangs, stomach, brain and venom glands are all on this part of the body.

Pedicel [Ped-ee-sell] connects the cephalothorax to the abdomen.

Abdomen holds the spiders internal organs, including the digestive tract, reproductive organs and lungs.

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Eyes Usually six to eight. Most spiders have poor eyesight. Pedipalps [Ped-ee-palps]
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Act like antennae to help the spider sense objects, and are sometimes used in feeding. Male spiders use their pedipalps to transfer sperm to female spiders.

Chelicerae [cheL-iss-ser-ray] The spiders jaws. They are tipped with fangs and filled with muscles to hold prey while the spider injects its venom.

Spinnerets Produce the spiders silk. Legs Made up of seven segments and tipped with two or three claws. Seven segments per leg times eight legs means that spiders have 48 knees.

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