liver in dogs

An exocrine gland which secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat, synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood, synthesizes vitamin A, detoxifies poisonous substances, stores glycogen, and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes[GO]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the liver is

An exocrine gland which secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat, synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood, synthesizes vitamin A, detoxifies poisonous substances, stores glycogen, and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes[GO]. The atlas records it as a gland at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the liver is

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

What the liver connects to

The atlas records 37 typed relationships for it, across 14 kinds of connection. part of abdomen, digestive system and endocrine system, and 2 more.

Supply and innervation

Arterial supply: hepatic artery and hepatic portal vein. Venous drainage: hepatic vein.

Also called

Also recorded as iecur and jecur. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002107, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: abdomen, digestive system, endocrine system, exocrine system and hepatobiliary system.
• A kind of: abdomen element, anatomical structure, digestive system gland and exocrine gland.
• Attaches to: falciform ligament.
• contains: liver lobule, biliary ductule, falciform ligament, hepatic sinusoid, interlobular stroma of liver and intrahepatic bile duct, and 5 more.
• contributes to morphology of: hepatobiliary system, hepatic cord, intrahepatic bile duct and liver parenchyma.
• Develops from: liver primordium and septum transversum.
• overlaps: immune system and hepatic portal vein.
• Supplied by: hepatic artery and hepatic portal vein.

Questions

Where is the liver?

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

What does the liver connect to?

Part of: abdomen, digestive system, endocrine system, exocrine system and hepatobiliary system.

Is the liver 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.