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The renal calyces are chambers of the kidney through which urine passes. The minor calyces surround the apex of the renal pyramids. Urine formed in the kidney passes through a renal papilla at the apex into the minor calyx; two or three minor calyces converge to form a major calyx, through which urine passes before continuing through the renal pelvis into the ureter.
Peristalsis of the smooth muscle originating in pace-maker cells originating in the walls of the calyces propels urine through the renal pelvis and ureters to the bladder.
A "Staghorn calculi" is a kidney stone that may extend into the renal calyces.
A renal diverticulum is diverticulum of renal calyces.[1][2]
Urinary system, Urinary bladder, Urine, Liver, Nervous system
Ureter, Latin, Kidney, Renal calyx, Urinary system
Urinary system, Kidney, Urinary bladder, Urethra, Pelvis
Latin literature, Romance languages, Ancient Rome, Rome, Ecclesiastical Latin
Urinary system, Prostate, Kidney, Urethra, Terminologia Anatomica
Latin, Terminologia Anatomica, Urinary system, Elsevier, Anatomical terminology
Kidney, Urinary system, Ureter, Renal pelvis, Terminologia Anatomica
Urinary system, Public domain, Gray's Anatomy, Anatomical terminology, Cortical lobule
Latin, Urinary bladder, Urinary system, Public domain, Gray's Anatomy