ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Melanocyte is a highly differentiated cell that produces a pigment melanin inside melanosomes. This cell is dark and dendritic in shape. Melanin production is the basic function of melanocyte.

Detailed explanation-2: -Melanin is a pigment produced by the melanocytes, within the melanosomes, in a reaction catalyzed by tyrosinase during the conversion of tyrosine into dopa.

Detailed explanation-3: -A cell in the skin and eyes that produces and contains the pigment called melanin. Anatomy of the skin, showing the epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue. Melanocytes are in the layer of basal cells at the deepest part of the epidermis.