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Updated: April 3, 2007

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Definition: An extension of the [link url =/od/r/g/renalpelvis.htm]renal pelvis[/link] that surrounds the renal papillae. It collects urine from the papillary ducts or ducts of Bellini. Several minor calyces drain into a major calyx and then onto the renal pelvis.

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