Question

1. Although melanocytes are the cells that produce melanin, the cell that actually concentrate the melanin in the apical region of the cell to protect the cell nucleus are _______?

2. Match the definition

__A cell located in the epidermis that produce melanin

__ an epithelial cell composing the majority of the epidermis

__ a fold of the epidermis that interdigitates with dermal papillae

___ a "nipplelike" extension of the dermis into the epidermis

A. dermal papilla

B. epidermal ridge

C. kerantinocyte

D. Melanocyte

3. The _________(papillary/reticular) layer of the dermis is the thickest layer of the dermis.