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What is the change in your skin when you are exposed to ultraviolet light?
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It secretes a pigment called melanin.
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What begins when a precursor molecule is exposed to ultraviolet light in the skin?
Vitamin D production begins when a precursor molecule is exposed to ultraviolet light in the skin.
Explain the role of ACTH and melanin when the skin is exposed to ultraviolet light?
"What is the role of ACTH and melanin when the skin is exposed to ultraviolet light?"
Can burn if exposed to too much ultraviolet light?
Skin
What happens when your skin is exposed to ultraviolet rays?
When skin is exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light -- the type of light in sunlight -- several things happen. On the positive side, skin exposed to UV light makes vitamin D, an important nutrient. However, UV light also can cause an inflammatory -Dr Mehmet Oz
Why could ultraviolet light cause skin cancer?
UV light is energetic and causes DNA damage to exposed skin. This DNA damage can result in cancers forming.
When exposed to ultraviolet light skin cells produces that?
Skin cells do not produce a hat - no matter what kind of radiation falls on them.
How do you use ultraviolet waves in a sentence?
You may experience sunburned skin if you allow your skin to be exposed to the ultraviolet waves that penetrate the clouds on a cloudy day. Ultraviolet waves are at the opposite end of the visible light spectrum from infrared waves. Ultraviolet (UV) waves are longer than X-rays.
What kind of light causes skin cancer?
Ultraviolet, or UV rays.
What is wrong with ultraviolet light?
Ultraviolet radiation can be a cause of skin cancers.
What protects living things from to much ultraviolet light?
If it is a human then the skin protects the entering of strong ultraviolet rays. In animals its the same. In plants the other covering of the cuticle protects to plant from being exposed to these rays.
What harmful effects are due to exposure to ultraviolet?
The most common one is skin cancer but the most publicised one is skin cancer, rare but possible if exposed to even low levels of UV light
What can be done for vitiligo?
Ultraviolet light, corticosteroids, or skin grafts
