renal pelvis
Britishnoun
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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 layers: an outer medulla, the middle cortex, and the inner 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
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
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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