intestine in dogs

Segment of the alimentary canal extending from the stomach to the anus and, in humans and other mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the intestine is

Segment of the alimentary canal extending from the stomach to the anus and, in humans and other mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the intestine is

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

What the intestine connects to

The atlas records 28 typed relationships for it, across 8 kinds of connection. part of alimentary part of gastrointestinal system, digestive tract and organ.

Supply and innervation

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

Also called

Also recorded as bowel and intestinal tract. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0000160, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: alimentary part of gastrointestinal system, digestive tract and organ.
• A kind of: anatomical structure.
• Connected to: pancreatic duct.
• contains: ileocecal junction, intestinal epithelium, intestinal mucosa, intestine smooth muscle, large intestine and muscle layer of colon, and 9 more.
• contributes to morphology of: digestive system, intestinal epithelium, intestine smooth muscle, large intestine and small intestine.
• produces: intestine secretion.
• Supplied by: mesenteric artery.
• Drained by: mesenteric vein.

Questions

Where is the intestine?

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

What does the intestine connect to?

Part of: alimentary part of gastrointestinal system, digestive tract and organ.

Is the intestine 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.