Epidermis-Which is the thin, cellular, multilayered membrane that produces MELANIN and KERATIN.
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∙ 2012-02-25 18:04:57Melanocytes are specialised cells that produce melanin. Melaninproduces pigment, a colour, which is found in the skin, hair and in the iris of the eye.
The general function of melanin in our skin is to protect and secure skin and skin cells from harmful ultraviolet rays and rays coming from sun. It contains infinite cells known as melanocytes which increase their production of melanin in response to sun exposure.
Skin gets its color from melanin. The more melanin a person's skin has, the darker their skin will be.
Melanin is the pigment which helps our skin to be defensive against over exposure. Normally when you are exposed to sun light the skin will produce melanin automatically. But people from cold climates won't need melanin as the sun light is not strong over there. So people from colder area tend to be white. But people from hotter climates need melanin to prevent sun burn so their body is programmed to do so. More melanin means the darker the skin. The reason why melanin turns our skin to black is, black color can absorb the light, but white will reflect the light. If the light is being reflected only the skin will be exposed to heat and that will damage the skin which is sunburn. But dark skin will absorb the heat and transfer the heat to the inner body parts under the skin and thus by having less damage on the skin.
Melanin and carotene are skin pigments that help block damaging rays from the sun. The more of these pigments in the skin the greater the protection.
Melanin
Melanocytes are cells in the skin that produce a pigment called melanin.
Melanocytes are cells in the skin that produce a pigment called melanin.
The skin contains different cells and tissues. For instance, it contains specialized cells called the melanocytes that produce melanin. Melanin is responsible for giving the skin its color.
Melanocytes
She has a lot of melanin in her hair. Melanin is the pigment that gives human hair, eyes, and skin their color. Cells called melanocytes produce melanin.
The cells that produce color (melanin) in the skin can become cancerous and this cancer is called melanoma.
Melanin is the pigment primarily responsible for skin color. Through a process called melanogenesis, cells called melanocytes produce melanin, which is found in the skin, eyes and hair. The subcutaneous layer of the epidermis produces a dark pigment in the skin known as melanin.
Skin cells do not produce a hat - no matter what kind of radiation falls on them.
Melanocytes are the skin cells located in the outer surface epidermis, and responsible for skin and hair pigmentation. They produce melanin.
- A cell of the statum basale of the epidermis that synthesizes melanin and transfers it to the keratinocytes.- Any of the dendritic clear cells of the epidermis that synthesize tyrosinase and, within their melanosomes, the pigment melanin; the melanosomes are then transferred from melanocytes to keratinocytes.
I am pretty sure you are thinking of melanin. Melanin gives basically everything on our body colour including our hair, skin, iris etc.