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TOUGH OUTER SILK OF EGG SAC
                           AGGREGATE GLAND  CYLINDIRICAL GLAND
               FLAGELLIFORM GLAND
                                        MINOR AMPULLATE GLAND






                                               PIRIFORM GLAND
                                                           CORE FIBERS OF
                                                           CAPTURE SPIRAL
                                   ACINIFORM
                         MAJOR AMPULLATE                              AQUEOUS COATING
                                    GLAND
                            GLAND


                                              STRUCTURAL
                                                SILK
                                    DRAGLINE
                                                                        SOFT INNER SILK OF EGG
                                                                            SAC
                       AUXILIARY
                                                                      CEMENT FOR JOINTS AND
                        SPIRAL
                                                                         ATTACHMENTS
                                                     Every spider produces silks with different
                                                     properties for different functions. The
                                                     spider known as A. diadematus can switch
                                                     between silks with varied amino acid
                                                     compositions. The spider uses abdominal
                                                     glands and spigots to produce seven
                                                     kinds of silk. These threads, stronger than
                                                     steel and more elastic than rubber, made
                                                     of one of the most perfect materials in the
                                                     world, are produced in the spider's body.
                                                     This is God's art. God is He Who created
                                                     everything and Who is Aware of all
                                                     creation.

            glands are found. Each gland produces different elements. Different types
            of silk threads are produced from different combinations of the elements
            from these glands. There is a great conformity between the glands. During
            the silk production process, specially well-developed pumps and
            pressure systems within the spider's body are used. The raw silk
            produced is thrown out in the form of fibres by spinnerets (nozzles)
            which function like taps. The spider can alter the spray pressure within
            these spinnerets as it wishes. This is an especially important feature.
            Because in this way the make-up of the molecules which form the raw
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