MICROANATOMY

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: -Where is melanin produced? Melanin is produced in melanocytes. These cells are located in different areas of your body, including: Your hair.

Detailed explanation-3: -The basal cell layer contains cells called melanocytes. Melanocytes produce the skin coloring or pigment known as melanin, which gives skin its tan or brown color and helps protect the deeper layers of the skin from the harmful effects of the sun.

Detailed explanation-4: -Melanin Properties The production of melanin takes place in specific ovoid organelles known as melanosomes which are produced in dendritic melanocytes that account for only 1% of epidermal cells. Each basal layer melanocyte is associated with about 36 keratinocytes and one Langerhans cell (epidermal melanin unit) (57).