INTEGUMENTERY SYSTEM
INTEGUMENTERY SYSTEM MISCELLENOUS
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Question
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What pigment is responsible for giving skin color and protecting skin from UV rays?
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Collagen
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Keratin
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Sebum
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Melanin
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Melanin provides pigmentation to your skin, eyes and hair. The substance also absorbs harmful UV (ultraviolet) rays and protects your cells from sun damage.
Detailed explanation-2: -Your skin gets its color from a pigment called melanin. Special cells in the skin make melanin.
Detailed explanation-3: -In its various forms, melanin fulfills a variety of biological functions, including skin and hair pigmentation and photoprotection of the skin and eye. Pigmentation of the skin results from the accumulation of melanin-containing melanosomes in the basal layer of the epidermis.
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