calyx (calix)

Function

• receives the renal papilla

Structure

• a flower-shaped or funnel shaped structure; specifically one of the branches or recesses of the renal pelvis into which the orifices of the malpighian renal pyramids project.

Major calix:

• the primary subdivision of the renal pelvis usually 2-3 in mumber

Minor calix:

• the subdivisions of the major calix, varying in number from 7-14

Notes

• Latin from Greek, kalyx - the cup of a flower

More general terms

• kidney structure