calyces
Americannoun
noun
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From here, the papillae deliver the filtrate, now called urine, into the minor calyces that eventually connect to the ureters through the renal pelvis.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
On the inside of the kidney, the renal pelvis branches out into two or three extensions called the major calyces, which further branch into the minor calyces.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
This filtrate is processed and finally gathered by collecting ducts that drain into the minor calyces, which merge to form major calyces; the filtrate then proceeds to the renal pelvis and finally the ureters.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The papillae are bundles of collecting ducts that transport urine made by nephrons to the calyces of the kidney for excretion.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
In the case of flowers with very deep calyces, he sometimes makes short cut to the honey by piercing with his sharp curved bill a hole in the side through which to insert the tongue.
From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas
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