Urinary, HSG, and Venipuncture Practice Exam

Urine collected from the major calyces is gathered by the renal pelvis, which then funnels it into the ureter. The renal pelvis sits at the kidney’s hilum and serves as the funnel-like area that accepts urine from the major calyces and passes it onward to the ureter. In contrast, Bowman's capsule collects filtrate early in the nephron, the renal papilla is the tip of the renal pyramid where urine enters a calyx, and the ureter simply transports urine from the kidney to the bladder.