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What is the pigment found in specialized cells of stratum basale?
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Where is melanin located in the skin?
Melanocytes are pigment cells that synthesize melanin. These cells inject the melanin pigment in the living keratinocytes cells (skin cells) of the stratum basale layer of the epidermis. Note: The Melanocyte cells also reside in the stratum basale.
What is the layer of epidermis that has pigment-producing melanocytes?
Melanocytes are present in basal layer of epidermis .
Which layer of skin is the location of mitosis and replaces cells lost from the outer layer of the epidermis?
melanocytes produces melanin (pigment you're talking about). They are located in the most bottom layer of the epidermis (stratum basale).
Cells are pushed into stratum what from stratum basale?
SPINOSUM
Where were the cells of stratum corneum initially produced?
stratum basale
What is the epidermal layer containing the oldest cells?
The stratum Basale contains the most cells of the epidermis. Through the process of enucleation and apoptosis, the number of cells decrease as you move up the strata (layers).
Where are stem cells located on your skin?
stratum basale
Where do you find melanin in dark skin?
Melanin is produced by the melanocytes, and they are found in the stratum basale of the epidermis.
Which doesn't belong prickle cells stratum basale stratum spinosum and cell shrinkage?
Stratum Basale. The cells in the Stratum Spinosum are spiny shaped and are called prickle cells. These arise during tissue preparation when the cells shrink.
Where would you find melanocytes and tactile cells?
Stratum Basale or Germinativum Some 10-25% of the cells in the stratum Basale are melanocytes, and their branching processes extend among the surrounding cells, reaching well into the more superficial Stratum Spinosum layer. Occasional Merkel cells are also seen in this stratum.
Which Layers of epidermis that contain living cells?
The stratum basale is where cell division happens.
Layer of the epidermis that is constantly undergoing mitosis is called?
the stratum basale aka germinitivium is the stratum that has miotic division of cells and there is some cell production in the stratum spinosum as well
