Kidney calyx
System
Urinary
SNOMED CT
276832000
Kidney calyx
Definition
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).
Also known as calices renales, renal calix, renal calyx — per UBERON
The Kidney calyx is a part of the Urinary.