Kidney Calices
"Kidney Calices" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D007670
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.810.453.537.503
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| Concept/Terms |
Kidney Calices- Kidney Calices
- Calice, Kidney
- Calices, Kidney
- Kidney Calice
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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