pigment cells

What Is The Pigmented Layer Of Retina?

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What Is The Pigmented Layer Of Retina? The pigmented layer of retina or retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is the pigmented cell layer just outside the neurosensory retina that nourishes retinal visual cells, and is firmly attached to the underlying choroid and overlying retinal visual cells. What types of cells make up the neural layer of

What Kind Of Cell Are Melanocytes?

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What Kind Of Cell Are Melanocytes? Melanocyte, specialized skin cell that produces the protective skin-darkening pigment melanin. Birds and mammals possess these pigment cells, which are found mainly in the epidermis, though they occur elsewhere—e.g., in the matrix of the hair. Are melanocytes epithelial cells? Epithelial cells contain most of an individual’s melanin, the pigment