lacrimal gland in dogs

The lacrimal glands are paired almond-shaped glands, located in or near the orbital region, that secrete the aqueous layer of the tear film.[WP]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the lacrimal gland is

The lacrimal glands are paired almond-shaped glands, located in or near the orbital region, that secrete the aqueous layer of the tear film.[WP]. The atlas records it as a gland at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the lacrimal gland is

It sits in the head, within the sensory system. 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 lacrimal gland connects to

The atlas records 13 typed relationships for it, across 7 kinds of connection. part of anatomical structure, exocrine system and lacrimal apparatus, and 1 more.

Supply and innervation

Arterial supply: lacrimal artery.

Also called

Also recorded as glandula lacrimalis, lacrimal-preorbital gland, glandula praeorbitalis, preorbital gland and tear gland. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001817, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: anatomical structure, exocrine system, lacrimal apparatus and orbital region.
• A kind of: exocrine gland, eye gland and gland.
• subtype: exorbital lacrimal gland and intraorbital lacrimal gland.
• contributes to morphology of: lacrimal apparatus.
• Supplied by: lacrimal artery.
• contains: lacrimal gland epithelium.
• produces: secretion of lacrimal gland.

Questions

Where is the lacrimal gland?

It sits in the head, within the sensory system. 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 lacrimal gland connect to?

Part of: anatomical structure, exocrine system, lacrimal apparatus and orbital region.

Is the lacrimal 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.