eye gland

A gland that is part of a eye. The eye is a compound unit which depending on the species may consist of an eyeballs plus associated ducts and integumentary structures. Eye glands therefore include the various types of lacrimal gland, the various types of apocrine and sebaceous glands associated with the eyelid. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the eye gland is

A gland that is part of a eye. The eye is a compound unit which depending on the species may consist of an eyeballs plus associated ducts and integumentary structures. Eye glands therefore include the various types of lacrimal gland, the various types of apocrine and sebaceous glands associated with the eyelid. The atlas records it as a gland at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the eye gland is

It sits within the sensory 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 eye gland connects to

The atlas records 7 typed relationships for it, across 3 kinds of connection. part of eye.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the eye 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 eye-associated gland and gland of eye. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0004859, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: eye.
• A kind of: gland.
• subtype: eye skin gland, gland of Zeis, lacrimal gland, sweat gland of eyelid and tarsal gland.

Questions

Where is the eye gland?

It sits within the sensory 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 eye gland connect to?

Part of: eye.

Is the eye gland the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.