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What is a Dark-Colored pigment present in skin cells?

Melanin


How is a skin mole Formed?

By a buildup of pigment cells which determine skin color.


How does your skin get its color?

from melanin, a pigment produced by melanocyte cells inthe skin.


What is the layer of skin that sheds its cells and produces pigment?

epidermis


What is the difference between nonmelanoma and melanoma?

Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that grows from pigment cells. They often occur in moles or other parts of the skin. Nonmelanoma comes from any portions of the skin except pigment cells.


What is the name of the pigment in the skin cells that protect the cells from UV raises?

malanin is the skin pigment that protects your skin from the damage of the sun. the more malanin in your skin the darker your skin is when ppl sunbathe their skin goes brown this is their skin producing malanin in response to the harmfull uv rays for protection


What is the substance that gives skin hair its pigment?

Melanin is the substance that gives skin and hair its pigment. It is produced by melanocytes, specialized cells located in the epidermis of the skin and in hair follicles.


What is the name for the cancer of the skin's pigment producing cells?

The cells that produce color (melanin) in the skin can become cancerous and this cancer is called melanoma.


What pigments is not involved in determining skin color?

Chlorophyll is a pigment not involved in determining skin color. Skin color is primarily determined by melanin, a pigment produced by specialized cells in the skin called melanocytes. Chlorophyll is a green pigment found in plants and is responsible for photosynthesis.


What is the skin pigment that protects cells from solar damage?

Melanin is the pigmentation that protect cells from solar damage.


What is the name of the substance that gives skin and hair its pigment?

The substance that gives skin and hair its pigment is called melanin. Melanin is produced by melanocytes, which are cells found in the skin and hair follicles.


What do melanocyte produce?

Melanocytes are cells in the skin that produce a pigment called melanin.