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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.
Cells are pushed into stratum what from stratum basale?
Cells are pushed into the stratum spinosum from the stratum basale. The stratum spinosum is the layer above the stratum basale in the epidermis and contains more differentiated keratinocytes.
What is the layer of epidermis that has pigment-producing melanocytes?
The layer of the epidermis that has pigment-producing melanocytes is the stratum basale (basal layer). Melanocytes produce melanin, the pigment responsible for skin color, and transfer it to surrounding keratinocytes.
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).
Where were the cells of stratum corneum initially produced?
stratum basale
The layer of skin that is composed of several layers of different-shaped cells and is responsible for the growth of the epidermis is the?
The epidermis is divided into different layers: - Stratum corneum - Stratum lucidum - Stratum granulosum - Stratum spinosum - Stratum basale The stratum basale is made up of the cells which through mitosis replicate several times. Each of these cells goes up towards the surface by being "pushed" by the new cells in formation. Stratum basale is the place of "birth" of the cells that compose the rest of layers which form the epidermis.
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 Layers of epidermis that contain living cells?
The stratum basale is where cell division happens.
Where are the oldest epidermal cells in the epidermis found?
stratum basale
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 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.
