sebaceous gland in dogs

A holocrine gland that secretes sebum into the hair follicles, or in hairless areas into ducts.[MP]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the sebaceous gland is

A holocrine gland that secretes sebum into the hair follicles, or in hairless areas into ducts.[MP]. The atlas records it as a gland at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the sebaceous gland is

It sits within the integumentary system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the sebaceous gland connects to

The atlas records 14 typed relationships for it, across 5 kinds of connection. part of exocrine system, integumental system and pilosebaceous unit, and 1 more.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the sebaceous 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 sebacea, glandula sebaceae and sebaceous follicle. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001821, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

Questions

Where is the sebaceous gland?

It sits within the integumentary system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the sebaceous gland connect to?

Part of: exocrine system, integumental system, pilosebaceous unit and skin epidermis.

Is the sebaceous 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.