bulbo-urethral gland in dogs

Any of the small paired racemose glands below the apex of the prostate in males, located posterolateral to the membranous portion of the urethra at the base of the penis, between the two layers of the fascia of the urogenital diaphragm, in the deep perineal pouch, and enclosed by transverse fibers of the sphincter urethrae membranaceae muscle; homologous to the greater vestibular (Bartholin's) glands in the female[MP]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the bulbo-urethral gland is

Any of the small paired racemose glands below the apex of the prostate in males, located posterolateral to the membranous portion of the urethra at the base of the penis, between the two layers of the fascia of the urogenital diaphragm, in the deep perineal pouch, and enclosed by transverse fibers of the sphincter urethrae membranaceae muscle; homologous to the greater vestibular (Bartholin's) glands in the female[MP]. The atlas records it as a gland at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the bulbo-urethral gland is

It sits within the urinary and reproductive systems. Not positioned individually, and containment is not asserted either. Drawn near structures of the same kind, which is a weak claim about location.

What the bulbo-urethral gland connects to

The atlas records 8 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of exocrine system and male urethra.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the bulbo-urethral gland. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as Cowper's gland, Cowper's glands, Mery's gland, Méry gland, bulbourethral gland and glandula bulbourethralis, and 1 more. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002366, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

Questions

Where is the bulbo-urethral gland?

It sits within the urinary and reproductive systems. Not positioned individually, and containment is not asserted either. Drawn near structures of the same kind, which is a weak claim about location.

What does the bulbo-urethral gland connect to?

Part of: exocrine system and male urethra.

Is the bulbo-urethral 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.