adrenal gland in dogs

Either of a pair of complex endocrine organs near the anterior medial border of the kidney consisting of a mesodermal cortex that produces glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid, and androgenic hormones and an ectodermal medulla that produces epinephrine and norepinephrine[BTO]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the adrenal gland is

Either of a pair of complex endocrine organs near the anterior medial border of the kidney consisting of a mesodermal cortex that produces glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid, and androgenic hormones and an ectodermal medulla that produces epinephrine and norepinephrine[BTO]. The atlas records it as a gland at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the adrenal gland is

It sits in the abdomen and trunk, within the endocrine system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What the adrenal gland connects to

The atlas records 16 typed relationships for it, across 8 kinds of connection. part of abdomen, anatomical entity and endocrine system.

Supply and innervation

Arterial supply: suprarenal artery. Venous drainage: suprarenal vein.

Also called

Also recorded as glandula adrenalis, glandula suprarenalis, adrenal, adrenal capsule, adrenal medulla cell and atrabiliary capsule, and 5 more. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002369, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: abdomen, anatomical entity and endocrine system.
• A kind of: abdomen element, adrenal/interrenal gland and anatomical structure.
• contains: adrenal cortex, adrenal gland capsule and adrenal medulla.
• contributes to morphology of: adrenal cortex and adrenal medulla.
• subtype: left adrenal gland and right adrenal gland.
• bounding layer of: adrenal gland capsule.
• Supplied by: suprarenal artery.
• Drained by: suprarenal vein.

Questions

Where is the adrenal gland?

It sits in the abdomen and trunk, within the endocrine system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What does the adrenal gland connect to?

Part of: abdomen, anatomical entity and endocrine system.

Is the adrenal gland the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.