renal pelvis

A funnel shaped proximal portion of the ureter that is formed by convergence of the major calices [MP]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the renal pelvis is

A funnel shaped proximal portion of the ureter that is formed by convergence of the major calices [MP]. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the renal pelvis is

It sits in the abdomen and trunk, within the urinary system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What the renal pelvis connects to

The atlas records 19 typed relationships for it, across 8 kinds of connection. part of kidney and renal pelvis/ureter.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the renal pelvis. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as kidney pelvis, pelvis of ureter, p. renallis and pyelum. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001224, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: kidney and renal pelvis/ureter.
• A kind of: anatomical conduit and organ part.
• contributes to morphology of: ureter, kidney calyx, kidney pelvis smooth muscle, kidney pelvis urothelium and renal papilla.
• contains: kidney calyx, kidney pelvis smooth muscle, kidney pelvis urothelium, mucosa of renal pelvis and renal papilla.
• subtype: left renal pelvis and right renal pelvis.
• Continuous with: ureter.
• flows to: ureter.
• connects: ureteropelvic junction.

Questions

Where is the renal pelvis?

It sits in the abdomen and trunk, within the urinary system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What does the renal pelvis connect to?

Part of: kidney and renal pelvis/ureter.

Is the renal pelvis the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.