Visceral systems
Renal pelvis
Pelvis renalis
- System
- Visceral systems
- Regions
- Trunk, Abdomen
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Urinary system
DescriptionUnreviewed
The renal pelvis or pelvis of the kidney is the funnel-like dilated part of the ureter in the kidney.
In humans, the renal pelvis is the point where the two or three major calyces join.
It has a mucous membrane and is covered with transitional epithelium and an underlying lamina propria of loose-to-dense connective tissue. The renal pelvis functions as a funnel for urine flowing to the ureter. The renal pelvis is the location of several kinds of kidney cancer and is affected by infection in pyelonephritis.
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Names
- Latin
- Pelvis renalis
- English
- Renal pelvis
- French
- Bassinet/ pelvis rénal
- Spanish
- Pelvis renal
- Portuguese
- Pelve renal