endocrine gland in dogs

Endocrine glands are glands of the endocrine system that secrete their products directly into the circulatory system rather than through a duct.[WP, modified]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the endocrine gland is

Endocrine glands are glands of the endocrine system that secrete their products directly into the circulatory system rather than through a duct.[WP, modified]. The atlas records it as a gland at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the endocrine gland is

It sits within the endocrine system. Only the system is known. The position shown carries almost no spatial information.

What the endocrine gland connects to

The atlas records 12 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of endocrine system.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the endocrine 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 ductless gland, glandula endocrina and glandulae endocrinae. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002368, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

Questions

Where is the endocrine gland?

It sits within the endocrine system. Only the system is known. The position shown carries almost no spatial information.

What does the endocrine gland connect to?

Part of: endocrine system.

Is the endocrine 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.