serous gland in dogs

A gland in which the principal secretory cells are serous secreting cells. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the serous gland is

A gland in which the principal secretory cells are serous secreting cells. The atlas records it as a gland at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the serous gland is

This dataset records no region or system for it. No positional evidence of any kind. Drawn outside the body so it can still be found and counted, never inside it.

What the serous gland connects to

The atlas records 6 typed relationships for it, across 3 kinds of connection. a kind of exocrine gland.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the serous 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.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0000409, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• A kind of: exocrine gland.
• subtype: exocrine pancreas, gustatory gland and parotid gland.
• contains: acinus of parotid gland and pancreatic acinus.

Questions

Where is the serous gland?

This dataset records no region or system for it. No positional evidence of any kind. Drawn outside the body so it can still be found and counted, never inside it.

What does the serous gland connect to?

A kind of: exocrine gland.

Is the serous 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.