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Keratinocytes or squamous cells produce keratin and Melanocytes produce melanin, pigment.
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What special cells in the skin produce melanin?
Epidermis-Which is the thin, cellular, multilayered membrane that produces MELANIN and KERATIN.
Where are melanin and keratin manufactured?
Melanin is formed by the melanocytes which are in the stratum basale of the epidermis. Keratin is formed by the epithelial cells of the skin in the epidermis.
The tough water-repellent protein found in the epidermal cells is called?
It is called Keratinocyte, which is in the outermost layer of the epidermis.
What is the name of cells which produce color of skin?
Melanin
What are the functions of keratin and melanin how do they work together to prevent uv damage?
The penetration power of less energetic UV radiation isn't that high, and is usually stopped by melanin and keratin. Melanin is produced by a certain type of cell in the skin and deposited in live outer layer skin cells above their nucleus. Keratin is produced by dying outer skin cells and deposited over them, offering further shielding of live cell's nucleai.
What do melanocyte produce?
Melanocytes are cells in the skin that produce a pigment called melanin.
What cells produce the pigment is skin?
The skin contains different cells and tissues. For instance, it contains specialized cells called the melanocytes that produce melanin. Melanin is responsible for giving the skin its color.
How do you use the word melanin in a sentence?
She has a lot of melanin in her hair. Melanin is the pigment that gives human hair, eyes, and skin their color. Cells called melanocytes produce melanin.
The specialized cells that produce the pigments that contribute to skin color?
Melanocytes
Is there melanin in melanocytes?
Melanocytes produce melanin.
What ate the 4 types of cells in the epidermis?
The epidermis has several strata (layers) that contain four cell types. Keratinocytes produce keratin, a protein that gives skin its strength and flexibility and waterproofs the skin surface. Melanocytes produce melanin, the dark pigment that gives skin its color.
Is hair melanin?
No, It is keratin, That is what all hair on mammals is made of.
