interrenal gland
Structures in fishes homologous to the cortical tissue of the mammalian adrenal gland; they are in close proximity to or imbedded in the head kidney. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the interrenal gland is
Structures in fishes homologous to the cortical tissue of the mammalian adrenal gland; they are in close proximity to or imbedded in the head kidney. The atlas records it as a gland at the organ scale in the human body.
Where the interrenal gland is
It sits in the abdomen and trunk, within the endocrine and urinary systems. 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 interrenal gland connects to
The atlas records 8 typed relationships for it, across 2 kinds of connection. part of abdomen, abdominal segment of trunk and head kidney.
Supply and innervation
This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the interrenal 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 interrenal, interrenal bodies, interrenal body, interrenal gland and interrenal tissue. Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0006856, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- Part of: abdomen, abdominal segment of trunk and head kidney.
- A kind of: adrenal/interrenal gland, anatomical structure, hemolymphoid system gland, hemopoietic organ and trunk region element.
Questions
Where is the interrenal gland?
It sits in the abdomen and trunk, within the endocrine and urinary systems. 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 interrenal gland connect to?
Part of: abdomen, abdominal segment of trunk and head kidney.
Is the interrenal 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.