the soft muscular tissue of the body. goose flesh transitory erection of the hair follicles due to contraction of the arrectores muscles, a reflection of sympathetic nerve discharge such as occurs with cold or shock; called also cutis anserina.
The five most common types of stones are comprised of calcium âcalcium oxalate and calcium phosphate, uric acid, struvite, and cystine.
Types of kidney stones include: 1  Calcium stones. 2  Most kidney stones are calcium stones, usually in the form of calcium oxalate. 3  Oxalate is a naturally occurring substance found in food. 4  Some fruits and vegetables, as well as nuts and chocolate, have high oxalate levels.5  Your liver also produces oxalate. Cystine stones. 2  These stones form in people with a hereditary disorder that causes the kidneys to excrete too much of certain amino acids (cystinuria). 3  Other stones. 4  Other, rarer types of kidney stones also can occur.