mammary gland in dogs

A specialized accessory gland of the skin of mammals that secretes milk. The gland is typically only developed in females, and regresses in males. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the mammary gland is

A specialized accessory gland of the skin of mammals that secretes milk. The gland is typically only developed in females, and regresses in males. The atlas records it as a gland at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the mammary gland is

It sits within the integumentary system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What the mammary gland connects to

The atlas records 25 typed relationships for it, across 6 kinds of connection. part of integumental system.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the mammary 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 glandula mammaria, lactiferous gland, lobe of breast, milk patch, Brustdruese and dug, and 3 more. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001911, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: integumental system.
• A kind of: anatomical structure, exocrine gland and gland of integumental system.
• contains: areolar gland, epithelium of mammary gland, lobule of mammary gland, mammary duct, mammary fat pad and mammary gland alveolus, and 4 more.
• subtype: abdominal mammary gland, cervical mammary gland, inguinal mammary gland and thoracic mammary gland.
• contributes to morphology of: epithelium of mammary gland, lobule of mammary gland, mammary duct and mammary gland connective tissue.
• produces: milk, colostrum and mammary gland fluid/secretion.

Questions

Where is the mammary gland?

It sits within the integumentary system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What does the mammary gland connect to?

Part of: integumental system.

Is the mammary 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.