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renal pelvis

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noun

  1. a small funnel-shaped cavity of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The renal pelvis leads to the ureter on the outside of the kidney.

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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.

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The smooth muscle in the renal pelvis funnels urine via peristalsis into the ureter.

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Pyelonephrī′tis, inflammation of the kidney and renal pelvis.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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