urethral gland

Any of the numerous small mucous-secreting glands located in the wall of the male or female urethra that help protect the epithelium from the corrosive urine. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the urethral gland is

Any of the numerous small mucous-secreting glands located in the wall of the male or female urethra that help protect the epithelium from the corrosive urine. The atlas records it as a gland at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the urethral gland is

It sits within the urinary 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 urethral gland connects to

The atlas records 6 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of exocrine system and urethra.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the urethral 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 gland of urethra, urethra gland, urethra gland (male or female) and urethral mucuous gland. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001338, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

Questions

Where is the urethral gland?

It sits within the urinary 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 urethral gland connect to?

Part of: exocrine system and urethra.

Is the urethral 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.