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Preferred Name

kidney calyx

Synonyms

calices renales

calyx

renal calyx

renal calix

Definitions

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).

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006517

altLabel

calices renales

calyx

renal calyx

renal calix

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).

has broad synonym

calyx

has exact synonym

renal calyx

calices renales

renal calix

has related synonym

calices renales

has_obo_namespace

uberon

has_relational_adjective

calyceal

id

UBERON:0006517

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#pheno_slim

label

kidney calyx

notation

UBERON:0006517

part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001224

prefLabel

kidney calyx

treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001224

xRef

NCIT:C12927

FMA:284558

UMLS:C0022651

GAID:427

MA:0000369

SCTID:276832000

EMAPA:18676

MESH:D007670

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000063

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