HISTOLOGY
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM SKIN
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
What is the spider-shaped pigment that synthesizes melanin?
|
|
Keratinocyte
|
|
|
Melanocyte
|
|
|
Integucyte
|
|
|
Conincacyte
|
Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Melanocytes-spider shaped cells that produce “melanin” a dark pigment in skin. Merkel cells-hemisphere shaped cells that are sensory touch receptors.
Detailed explanation-2: -Your unique combination of eumelanin and pheomelanin is responsible for your skin, hair and eye color. Typically, all humans have the same number of melanocytes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Melanin is a pigment produced by the melanocytes, within the melanosomes, in a reaction catalyzed by tyrosinase during the conversion of tyrosine into dopa.
There is 1 question to complete.