PATHOLOGY MCQ
SKIN
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Question
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All humans have the same relative amount of melanocytes, individual and racial differences in skin coloring reflect the kind and amount of melanin made.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -All skin colors have the same number of melanocytes. There are approximately 3, 000 epidermal melanocytes in every square millimeter of skin. The difference in dark skin and light skin are the size of the melanosomes. Melanosomes are packets of color made by melanocytes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Differences in racial skin pigmentation may also be due to differences in the production of melanin. In vitro cultures of black melanocytes produce higher levels of melanin when compared to melanocytes of white skin.
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