testis in dogs

A gonad of a male animal. A gonad produces and releases sperm. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the testis is

A gonad of a male animal. A gonad produces and releases sperm. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the testis is

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

What the testis connects to

The atlas records 20 typed relationships for it, across 9 kinds of connection. part of male reproductive system.

Supply and innervation

Arterial supply: spermatic artery and testicular artery. Venous drainage: testicular vein.

Also called

Also recorded as gonad of male genitalia, gonad of male reproductive system, male gonad, testicle, orchis and testes, and 1 more. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0000473, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: male reproductive system.
• A kind of: gonad and male reproductive organ.
• Attaches to: gubernaculum testis.
• contains: Leydig cell region of testis, mediastinum testis, seminal vesicle, seminal vesicle epithelium, seminiferous tubule epithelium and seminiferous tubule of testis, and 3 more.
• subtype: left testis and right testis.
• Supplied by: spermatic artery and testicular artery.
• Develops from: indifferent gonad.
• contributes to morphology of: Leydig cell region of testis.

Questions

Where is the testis?

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

What does the testis connect to?

Part of: male reproductive system.

Is the testis 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.