skin gland

A gland that is part of a skin of body [Automatically generated definition]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the skin gland is

A gland that is part of a skin of body [Automatically generated definition]. The atlas records it as a gland at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the skin gland is

It sits within the integumentary 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 skin gland connects to

The atlas records 7 typed relationships for it, across 3 kinds of connection. part of integumental system and skin of body.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the skin 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 glandulae cutis, set of skin glands, skin glands and skin glands set. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002419, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: integumental system and skin of body.
• A kind of: gland and organ part.
• subtype: apocrine sweat gland, epidermis gland and eye skin gland.

Questions

Where is the skin gland?

It sits within the integumentary 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 skin gland connect to?

Part of: integumental system and skin of body.

Is the skin 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.