Abdomen: The posterior part of the spiders body.
Anal Tubercle: a small lobe below the spinnerets that has the anal opening
Anterior Eye Row (AER): Anterior row of eyes
Anterior Lateral Eyes (ALE): Anterior eyes that are in the lateral position in the eye group.
Anterior Lateral Spinnerets (ALS): Anterior spinnerets in the lateral position in the spinneret group
Anterior Median Eyes (AME): Eyes in the anterior row in the median position in the eye group
Anterior Median Spinnerets (AMS): Anterior spinnerets in the median position in the spinneret group
Anterior: Towards the front, opposite of posterior
Calamistrum: A row of setae located along the metatarsus of cribellate spiders
Carapace: dorsal part of the cephalothorax
Cephalothorax: Anterior part of a spiders body
Chelicerae: The 'jaws' of a spider that are composed of a larger segment and fangs attached to the tip of the larger segment
Claw Tufts: Thick setae around the claw
Colonus: A non-functional spinning plate (cribellum) that is normally significantly reduced from a plate to a lobe or setae
Conical: Cone shaped
Coxa: The first segment (closest to the body) of a spider leg
Cribellete: Having a cribellum
Cribellum: A flat spinning plate anterior to the spinnerets of cribellate spiders
Dorsal: Towards the top, opposite of ventral
Ecribellete: Not having a cribellum
Endites: the lobe of the palpal coxa
Fang: Pointy bits on the end of the chelicera that contain the opening of the venom gland
Femur: The third segment of the leg when going away from the body
Labium: The median section anterior to the sternum
Lateral: To the side of the middle of the body
Macrosetae: A rigid enlarged hair
Median: Towards the middle of the body
Metatarsus: The sixth segment of the leg from the body
Palp: The anterior leg like appendage near the chelicerae
Patella: The fourth segment of the leg from the body
Pedicel: The thin connective section between the cephalothorax and the abdomen
Posterior Eye Row (PER): Posterior row of eyes
Posterior Lateral Eyes (PLE): Posterior eyes in the lateral position in the eye group
Posterior Lateral Spinnerets (PLS): Posterior spinnerets in the lateral position
Posterior medial spinnerets (PMS): Posterior spinnerets in the medial position
Posterior Median Row (PMR): Posterior eyes in the median position in the eye group
Posterior: Towards the back
Precoxal: Sclerotized triangle from the sternum to the coxae.
Prograde: Most common leg orientation with the two anterior pairs of legs pointing in the anterior direction and the and the two posterior pairs pointed in the posterior direction
Sclerotized: thickened or hardened
Setae: Hair
Spinnerets: Finger like organs that spin thread that are at the posterior of the abdomen
Sternum: The ventral median bit of the cephalothorax
Tarsal Claws: Claws at the end of the tarsi
Tarsal comb: Comb of seti on the tarsi
Tarsi: The seventh segment of the leg farthest from the body
Tergites: Sclerotized bit on the dorsal section of the abdomen
Tibia: The fifth segment of the leg from the body
Tracheal spiracle: The opening to the respiratory system
Trochanter: Second segment of the leg from the body
Tubercles: knob like growths
Ventral: Towards the bottom