preputial gland in dogs

An aired, lobulated, modified sebaceous glands located in the inguinal region adjacent to the penis and vagina, with pheromonal functions in male rodents; in males, the preputial gland empties into the preputial cavity and in females, the preputial (aka clitoral) gland duct empties into the clitoral fossa. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the preputial gland is

An aired, lobulated, modified sebaceous glands located in the inguinal region adjacent to the penis and vagina, with pheromonal functions in male rodents; in males, the preputial gland empties into the preputial cavity and in females, the preputial (aka clitoral) gland duct empties into the clitoral fossa. The atlas records it as a gland at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the preputial gland is

It sits within the reproductive and integumentary systems. 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 preputial gland connects to

The atlas records 4 typed relationships for it, across 3 kinds of connection. part of reproductive system.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the preputial 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 glandulae preputiales, preputial glands, preputial glands set and clitoral/preputial gland. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0000359, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: reproductive system.
• A kind of: modified sebaceous gland and reproductive gland.
• subtype: female preputial gland.

Questions

Where is the preputial gland?

It sits within the reproductive and integumentary systems. 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 preputial gland connect to?

Part of: reproductive system.

Is the preputial 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.