HISTOLOGY
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM SKIN
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Question
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The type of cell that produces melanin, which protects us against harmful UV rays.
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Keratinocytes
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Melanocytes
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Eccrinocytes
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Melatonin
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -A cell in the skin and eyes that produces and contains the pigment called melanin.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thus, in normal conditions, melanocytes are the cells in charge of protecting our body from sun radiation and the so desired tanning is the procedure by which our body defends from sun damage.
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