thyroid gland in dogs
A two-lobed endocrine gland found in all vertebrates, located in front of and on either side of the trachea in humans, and producing various hormones, such as triiodothyronine and calcitonin[BTO]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the thyroid gland is
A two-lobed endocrine gland found in all vertebrates, located in front of and on either side of the trachea in humans, and producing various hormones, such as triiodothyronine and calcitonin[BTO]. The atlas records it as a gland at the organ scale in the dog.
Where the thyroid gland is
It sits within the endocrine system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.
What the thyroid gland connects to
The atlas records 14 typed relationships for it, across 7 kinds of connection. part of endocrine system.
Supply and innervation
Arterial supply: thyroid artery.
Also called
Also recorded as thyroid and glandula thyroidea. Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002046, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- Part of: endocrine system.
- A kind of: anatomical structure and endocrine gland.
- contains: capsule of thyroid gland, isthmus of thyroid gland, lobe of thyroid gland, parenchyma of thyroid gland, thyroglossal duct and thyroid follicle, and 1 more.
- left of: left lobe of thyroid gland.
- right of: right lobe of thyroid gland.
- Supplied by: thyroid artery.
- contributes to morphology of: thyroid follicle.
Questions
Where is the thyroid gland?
It sits within the endocrine system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.
What does the thyroid gland connect to?
Part of: endocrine system.
Is the thyroid 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.