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Renal pelvis: The area at the center of the kidney. Urine collects here and is funneled into the ureter.
n. A hollow flattened funnel-shaped expansion of the upper end of the ureter into which urine is discharged before entering the ureter.
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pelvis /pel·vis/ (pel´vis) pl. pel´ves [L.] the lower (caudal) portion of the trunk, bounded anteriorly and laterally by the two hip bones and posteriorly by the ...
renal pelvis (anatomy), enlarged upper end of the ureter, the tube through which urine flows from the kidney to the urinary bladder. The pelvis, which is shaped somewhat ...
The renal pelvis is the funnel-like dilated proximal part of the ureter. in the kidney. In humans, the renal pelvis is the point of convergence of two or three major calyces.