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Descriptor English: Kidney Calices
Descriptor Spanish: Cálices Renales
Descriptor cálices renales
Scope note: Recesos de la pelvis renal la cual se divide en dos cálices renales grandes y anchos en forma de copa, cada cáliz principal se subdivide en 7 a 14 cálices menores. La orina se vierte en uno de los cálices menores desde los túbulos colectores, luego pasa a través de los cálices principales, la pelvis renal, el uréter y entra en la vejiga urinaria. (Moore, Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 3d ed, p211)
Descriptor Portuguese: Cálices Renais
Descriptor French: Calices rénaux
Entry term(s): Calice, Kidney
Calices, Kidney
Kidney Calice
Tree number(s): A05.810.453.537.503
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007670
Scope note: 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)
Annotation: a part of the kidney pelvis
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under KIDNEY PELVIS 1975-90
Online Note: search KIDNEY PELVIS 1968-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under KIDNEY PELVIS 1975-90
DeCS ID: 7843
Unique ID: D007670
NLM Classification: WJ 301
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1995/03/13
Kidney Calices - Preferred
Concept UI M0012010
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Kidney Calices
Entry term(s) Calice, Kidney
Calices, Kidney
Kidney Calice



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