The word is actually Calyx. If you have a kidney stone 4.4mm, it is not normal but can still be passed since it is small.
unire fromed in the kidney passes through a renal papilla at the apex into a minor calyx
Minor calyx
calyx
method by which urine is passed from he kidney to the bladder.
Medulla, renal pyramids, renal papilla , minor calyx, major calyx , renal pelvis , ureter
The medical term for dilation of a calyx is caliectasis. It refers to the enlargement or dilation of the calyces, which are part of the kidney's collecting system that helps transport urine to the renal pelvis.
These ducts are tubules and ducts that connect the nephrons to the ureter.
The calyx or calyces is the part of the kidney where the urine flows through.
Pelvicalyceal is an adjective referring to two parts of the kidney. They are called the renal pelvis and the renal calyx.
A left kidney with mild pelvocaliectasis means that the kidney has a dilated renal pelvis as well as calyces. This can be see through an ultrasound and it curable.
The individual units of the kidney, called nephrons, produce urine and empty into structures called collecting ducts. Many nephrons empty into a single collecting duct. Similarly, many collecting ducts empty into a minor calyx. Minor calyces empty into a major calyx, and the major calyces empty into the singular renal pelvis (each kidney has a single pelvis). The renal pelvis empties into the ureter.