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Kidney Pelvis

Medical Definition: The flattened, funnel-shaped expansion connecting the URETER to the KIDNEY CALICES.
Guide Notes: do not confuse with pelvic kidney ( = KIDNEY /abnorm); inflammation = PYELITIS; nephrostomy: consider NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS
Kidney Pelvis Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Kidney Calices - 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)

Kidney Pelvis Medical Definitions and Terms

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