MICROANATOMY

EPITHELIUM CONNECTIVE TISSUE SKIN

INTEGUMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
play an important role in the skin’s response to foreign substances and contribute to such things as the development of rashes when an animal is exposed to irritating materials
A
melanocytes
B
Langerhans cells
C
Keratinocytes
D
Merkel cells
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Langerhans cells play an important role in the skin’s response to foreign substances and contribute to such things as the development of rashes when an animal is exposed to irritating materials.

Detailed explanation-2: -Immune cells inhabit the epidermis and dermis. The key immune cells in the epidermis are: Epidermal dendritic cells (Langerhans cells) Keratinocytes (skin cells).

Detailed explanation-3: -Dermal Dendritic Cells. Dendritic cells that reside in the dermis are known as dermal dendritic cells (dDCs). In a similar manner to LCs, dDCs migrate to the lymph nodes, and are professional antigen-presenting cells efficient at priming adaptive immune responses [117, 118].

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