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Europeans began exploring and colonizing various parts of the world, including the Americas, Africa, and Asia, starting in the late 15th century. This period of European expansion and colonization, known as the Age of Exploration, was driven by a desire for new trade routes, resources, and opportunities for wealth and power.
The Distal Convoluted Tubule or DCT, acts as a site for selective secretion and reabsorption as water and ions pass between the blood and the filtrate across the tubule membrane. The DCT's are involved in pH Regulation as well as tubular excretion (excretion of Ammonia, Uric Acid, Urea, Creatinine, Hydrogen, antibiotics,and other nitrogenous wastes).Also the distal covulated tubule reabsorve molecules and act whev the body response to loss of water. thank you