Renal pelvis
（重定向自Pelvis renalis）
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![The renal pelves and calices have here been dissected out in a cow and seal and vary greatly in size and number depending on species.](/Images/godic/202502/01/Renal_pelves_and_calices3703.png")
The renal pelvis or pelvis of the kidney is the basin-like or funnel-like dilated proximal part of the ureter in the kidney.
In humans, the renal pelvis 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.