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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

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Notably, these include cancers that are linked to obesity including "colorectum, uterine corpus, gallbladder and other biliary, kidney and renal pelvis, and pancreas" cancers.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2024

Internally, the kidney has three regions—an outer cortex, a medulla in the middle, and the renal pelvis in the region called the hilum of the kidney.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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

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Internally, the kidney has three layers: an outer medulla, the middle cortex, and the inner renal pelvis.

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

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