penis in dogs
An intromittent organ in certain biologically male organisms. In placental mammals, this also serves as the organ of urination. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the penis is
An intromittent organ in certain biologically male organisms. In placental mammals, this also serves as the organ of urination. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the dog.
Where the penis is
It sits within the reproductive system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.
What the penis connects to
The atlas records 16 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. a kind of anatomical structure and intromittent organ.
Supply and innervation
This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the penis. 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 penes and phallus. Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0000989, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- A kind of: anatomical structure and intromittent organ.
- contains: corpus cavernosum penis, crus of penis, dorsal artery of penis, glans penis, os penis and penis epithelium, and 4 more.
- Develops from: undifferentiated genital tubercle and urogenital fold.
- contributes to morphology of: glans penis and skin of prepuce of penis.
Questions
Where is the penis?
It sits within the reproductive system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.
What does the penis connect to?
A kind of: anatomical structure and intromittent organ.
Is the penis 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.