calyx /ca·lyx/ (ka´liks) pl. ca´lyces a cup-shaped organ or cavity, e.g., one of the recesses of the pelvis of the kidney which enclose the pyramids.calice´al
calyx
calix [ka´liks] (pl. ca´lices) (L.)
ca·lyx (k  l ks, k lks)n. Variant of calix. |
calyx
1 a cup-shaped structure within an organ.
2 a renal calyx.
3 the wall of an ovarian follicle after expulsion of the ovum at ovulation.
calix [ka´liks] (pl. ca´lices) (L.)
a cuplike organ or cavity. adj., adj calice´al.
renal calix the subdivision of the renal pelvis that encloses a renal pyramid.
calyx
calix.
major calyx
a fusion of minor calyxes.
minor calyx
the cup-shaped dilation of the intrarenal ureter; the space into which a single papilla of a multiple-lobed kidney protrudes.
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