uterus in dogs
The female muscular organ of gestation in which the developing embryo or fetus is nourished until birth. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the uterus is
The female muscular organ of gestation in which the developing embryo or fetus is nourished until birth. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the dog.
Where the uterus is
It sits within the reproductive system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.
What the uterus connects to
The atlas records 27 typed relationships for it, across 10 kinds of connection. part of internal genitalia, organ and oviduct, and 1 more.
Supply and innervation
Arterial supply: uterine artery.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0000995, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- Part of: internal genitalia, organ, oviduct and reproductive system.
- A kind of: anatomical structure.
- contains: cervix epithelium, endometrium, endometrium epithelium, mesometrium, myometrium and parametrial fat pad, and 5 more.
- contributes to morphology of: endometrium, myometrium, uterine artery, uterine cervix and uterine horn.
- Develops from: embryo.
- connects: fallopian tube.
- left of: left uterine horn.
- develops into: placenta.
Questions
Where is the uterus?
It sits within the reproductive system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.
What does the uterus connect to?
Part of: internal genitalia, organ, oviduct and reproductive system.
Is the uterus 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.