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kidney calyx

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Recesses of the kidney pelvis which divides into two wide, cup-shaped major renal calices, with each major calix subdivided into 7 to 14 minor calices. Urine empties into a minor calix from collecting tubules, then passes through the major calix, renal pelvis, and ureter to enter the urinary bladder. (From Moore, Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 3d ed, p211). [ MESH:A05.810.453.537.503 ]

Synonyms: renal calyx, renal calix, calices renales

Term info

database cross reference
  • FMA:284558
  • UMLS:C0022651 (ncithesaurus:Renal_Calyx)
  • MA:0000369
  • NCIT:C12927
  • GAID:427
  • SCTID:276832000
  • EMAPA:18676
  • MESH:D007670
Subsets

pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

plural term
calices renales

UBPROP 0000007

calyceal

has related synonym

calices renales

id

UBERON:0006517

prefLabel

kidney calyx

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606