Renal pelvis This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Renal_pelvis".
The renal pelvis is the funnel-like dilated proximal part of the ureter in the kidney.
It is the point of convergence of two or three major calyces. Each renal papilla is surrounded by a branch of the renal pelvis called a calyx.
The major function of the renal pelvis is to act as a funnel for urine flowing to the ureter.
Primitive kidney and bladder, from a reconstruction.
Vertical section of kidney.
