The following are true about renal circulation:
a. it accounts for 25% of the cardiac output b. it is regulated predominantly by the autonomic nervous system
c. in a normal 70 kg man, renal blood flow is about 1200ml/min
d. macula densa cells are found in the efferent arteriolar wall

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macula densa cells are found in the efferent arteriolar wall

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