kidney calices

Preferred Label : kidney calices;

MeSH definition : 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);

MeSH synonym : calice, kidney; calices, kidney; kidney calice;

MeSH annotation : a part of the kidney pelvis;

Details

Origin ID

D007670;

UMLS CUI

C0022651;

Allowable qualifiers
- abnormalities [MeSH Qualifier]
- anatomy and histology [MeSH Qualifier]
- blood supply [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- cytology [MeSH Qualifier]
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- injuries [MeSH Qualifier]
- innervation [MeSH Qualifier]
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- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Renal Calyx [NCIt concept]
- Renal calyces [ICD-11 More detail]
- Renal calyx [FMA entity]
- Structure of calyx (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- calyx, nos [SNOMED Notion]
False automatic mappings
- Calyx [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- kidney calices [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Renal Calyx [NCIt concept]
- Renal calyx [FMA entity]
- Structure of calyx (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- calyx, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- kidney calyx [UBERON concept]

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