MEDICAL
KIDNEY
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Question
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Which structure is a cavity in the kidney that channels urine to the ureter?
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Renal pelvis
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Renal cortex
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Renal medulla
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Renal oblongata
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The hilum leads to a large cavity, called the renal sinus, within the kidney. The ureter and renal vein leave the kidney, and the renal artery enters the kidney at the hilum.
Detailed explanation-2: -As urine is formed, it drains into the calyces of the kidney, which merge to form the funnel-shaped renal pelvis in the hilum of each kidney. The hilum narrows to become the ureter of each kidney.
Detailed explanation-3: -The tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder.
Detailed explanation-4: -Calyx (plural calyces) Collecting area for urine within kidney before it is passed through to renal pelvis.
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